Great General [Rebirth]

The world is torrential rain, thunder and lightning.

I don't know how long this Buddhist temple has existed. It is old and out of shape, and the eaves and corners of the house began to drip.

In the corner of the side hall, a simple bed was made of square wood, covered with two thin old mattresses.There was a broken spittoon at the foot of the bed, and then the rainwater leaked down, and the hole at the head of the bed was almost smashed out by the rainwater.

Ziqing went out to look for something to catch the rain, and he didn't come back after a while, and it was raining so hard outside, and there was still thunder, could something have happened?Yan'an felt a little uneasy. In the past two or three years, he and Ziqing have come to life step by step, and neither of them can live without the other.If something happened to Ziqing...

Yan An lifted the thin quilt from her body, got off the bed, rubbed her heart and coughed.

"Ziqing." He yelled as he walked out.

Top-heavy, every step is extremely difficult.I don't know how long this broken body can last.Sometimes he even wanted to die, so that he wouldn't have to drag Ziqing down.But Ziqing begged him, cried for him, and begged him to live with him.

Even if it's for me, Yan'an, I can't live here alone, you have pity on me, just stay with me.

Facing Ziqing like this, Yan'an could only cry, he said Ziqing, I am with you, if God does not accept my life, I will always be with you.Whether hell or nightmare, I am with you.

When I walked outside, I heard a voice, and it seemed that there was more than one person.

Yan'an's heart tightened, he stood where he was, staring at the corner.Soon, Ziqing's figure appeared in the field of vision.There was a smile on his face, and the expression between his brows was completely transformed.

"Come in quickly." Ziqing said, with a bright light shining in her eyes.

Yan An held his breath, looking at the young man brought in by Zi Qing.

The moment he saw Yan An, Zhao Yongzhou almost shed tears again.Life is so difficult that it turned the bright and proud butterfly into what it is today.Pale and thin cheeks, slightly arched figure, lifeless eyes.

Zhao Yongzhou choked his throat and smiled: "Yu'an, I'm back."

Yan An stretched out his hand towards him, his eyes staring straight.Zhao Yongzhou was frightened by his expression until Ziqing pulled him over.

Cold hands trembled on his face, from the brow, the bridge of the nose, to the cheeks, to the chin, and stroked them one by one.

"You've grown up so much..." Yan An murmured.Suddenly he covered his mouth and coughed violently.

Zhao Yongzhou picked him up horizontally, put him on the bed in the corner and wrapped him in a quilt.Ziqing was busy getting the medicine that had been hanging aside for a long time, and the two supported Yan'an to take it.Ziqing rolled up another quilt and placed it on Yan'an's back.

Yan An slowly recovered, during which he kept holding Zhao Yongzhou's hand.

"Why are you so sick?" Zhao Yongzhou looked at Yan'an's appearance, and couldn't bear to say it.

Ziqing said: "The root cause of the disease fell there. After escaping, I didn't dare to go to the doctor. I could only steal some medicine every now and then and come back."

Zhao Yongzhou suddenly remembered something, he hastily pulled Ziqing over, and pushed his arm away. Although he was pale and thin, there were no spots or stains.He let go of Ziqing's hand, stared at his face and said, "I went to the Heguan to look for you, and Douzi gave me an overview."

Ziqing smiled, and it seemed that all the sufferings disappeared in this smile.

"Those days were really difficult, very difficult. Qiu Jin just couldn't hold on, he didn't have that kind of blessing. Yan'an and I supported each other, gritted our teeth, and somehow survived. Speaking of which, we are also lucky."

Ziqing took a small stool and sat in front of Zhao Yongzhou, covering his knees with his hands, gaining some strength and warmth in this way.He spoke intermittently, talking about certain places, obviously unwilling to recall.During the whole process, Yuan An just quietly held Zhao Yongzhou's hand.

"...Yan'an was tortured by them to the point of death. At that time, he would almost become the second Qiu Jin. I used many methods to beg those people, but they didn't treat us as human beings at all..."

"Master Zhang is a good man. He used some methods to get Yan An out."

"...I can't hold it anymore. I want to live too. I want to see my Bai'er, I miss you, and I want to live no matter what." Ziqing hugged Zhao Yongzhou's knee tightly , Zhao Yongzhou also bent down and put his arms around his shoulders.

"Master Yan Antuo Zhang sent me a bottle of medicine, I knew he still remembered me. I smeared the medicine on my neck, waist, and thighs, and it looked really disgusting." Ziqing laughed at himself. laugh it out.

"Those people didn't want to touch me. I pretended to be very weak. I didn't wash my mouth, I didn't take a bath, and I ate, drank and lazed all on the bed. After about half a month, they thought I was hopeless and threw me away. Went to the mass grave."

"Bai'er, I've never seen so many dead people. I'm terrified. But I think you may be more terrifying and helpless than what I faced on the battlefield. You are so young, how can you be on the battlefield?" Survive? I was thinking of you, and then I crawled out from the pile of rotting corpses. The place was really messy, messy and big. I walked for a long time, and I was afraid of being seen, afraid of being discovered by those people..."

Zhao Yongzhou helped Ziqing who slipped to the ground and sat on the edge of the bed. Ziqing covered her face and kept shaking her head.He rubbed his shoulders, "Okay, it's okay, nothing will happen in the future, I'm back, it's okay."

There was a moment of silence in the side hall, only Ziqing's painful cry could be heard.

After a while, Zhao Yongzhou asked Yan An: "Why didn't you accept Zhang Yuming's help?"

He could probably guess that Yan'an and Ziqing escaped from Zhang Yuming.

Yan'an said: "We and him have always been benefactors and servants, and we are commodities. He can show kindness and save us once. If we rely on him, what will happen in the future?"

"...Did your brother let you live here?" Zhao Yongzhou asked.

Yan An nodded.

"Master Nianyi didn't think we were filthy, so he even cleaned out the side hall of the Buddhist hall for us to live in." Yan'an's eyes shone brightly, "During that time, I listened to him chanting scriptures and chanting Buddha in the morning and evening. , What a redemption."

Zhao Yongzhou could imagine such a scene, he smiled: "Brother is a little dumbfounded when he recites scriptures."

He sat for a while, and the rain outside had stopped.

"Come with me." Zhao Yongzhou said suddenly.

The two were silent.

Zhao Yongzhou asked: "Don't you want to?"

Ziqing squeezed his hand tightly, "No, I want to be with Bai'er. As long as Bai'er doesn't dislike me..."

"How could I despise you." Zhao Yongzhou said: "Ziqing, do you remember that I promised back then that not only would I go out of the river pavilion, but I would also take you out."

Ziqing nodded: "I remember everything you said."

Zhao Yongzhou looked at the man on the bed, "Yu'an, will you come with me?"

"Yu'an." Ziqing also looked at him.

Yan An was silent for a long time, and then said: "I won't hide it from you, I'm afraid I won't live long with my body. The reason I've been holding on is because I'm afraid that Ziqing will be alone. It's all right now. When you come back, I can do it too." Don't worry and die."

Ziqing burst into tears.

Zhao Yongzhou frowned, "Then you have to go to the capital with us. You can die, you can die on the way to the capital, you can die in the post house, you can die on the boat, or you can even die in my house later. Take you on the road. Of course you can choose to die. But one thing, as long as you live, you must be with us. Even if you die, you must die before our eyes."

"You're doing this again, aggressive method. When you first came here seven years ago, you talked to me like this, no big or small." Yan An showed a self-deprecating smile.

"Go or not?" Zhao Yongzhou stared at him.

Yan An sighed, "Go."

It would be too selfish to say no.

The rain has stopped.Zhao Yongzhou walked on the wet road with Yan An on his back, neither fast nor slow, Ziqing followed behind him.It was getting dark then, but not completely dark.The border town seems to be shrouded in a layer of dark veil. After being baptized by the heavy rain, the green and yellow eyes on the ridge of the field are particularly clear.

Yan'an was wrapped in a flowered quilt, and from time to time there would be a sound of patience in his throat, and his hands were tightly clutching Zhao Yongzhou's clothes.

"Cough if you want, what are you holding back for?" Zhao Yongzhou said out loud.

Yan An covered his mouth and coughed lightly.

The Zhang Mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons, people came and went, and the Zhang family was very busy.Zhao Yongzhou entered through the small side door behind his back, walked around the kitchen, and came to the quiet back, where a few red lanterns were tied to the trees, casting a faint red light on the wooden doors and windows.

Fang put the person on the bed, and Zhang Yuming rushed over from the busy front yard.After entering the room, he turned around and said to the door: "Quickly invite Mr. Li from Baozhitang."

The butler outside the door said: "Master, I'm afraid Mr. Li has gone home at this point."

"Then I have to ask for it, and ask for a lot of money." Zhang Yuming said.The housekeeper went, Zhang Yuming came closer, Zhao Yongzhou was taking a piece of clean clothes, and asked Ziqing to change it for Yan'an.

Zhang Yuming hesitated to speak several times, but he still didn't speak.Yan'an showed him a pale smile, "Master Zhang, Yan'an has failed your kindness."

He was referring to the matter of leaving without saying goodbye.

"It's good to be back." Zhang Yuming looked into his eyes and said something with complicated emotions, and the two of them had no words since then.

Zhang Yuming ordered his servants to prepare hot water, and let Yan An take a hot bath first.From time to time the butler came back and brought an old gentleman into the house.The old man took Yan'an's pulse and didn't ask him what he did before, "There is nothing serious about it, but the body wears out too fast, and the bones of the body at a young age are almost the same as those of an old man. It takes a long time to recuperate, and it will take a few decades. alright."

He opened a prescription with a brush, handed it to Zhao Yongzhou, took a piece of silver, and left happily.

"Isn't this a quack doctor?" Zhao Yongzhou frowned and asked, he made up his mind to return to the capital and ask the imperial doctor to take a closer look at it.

Zhang Yuming waved his hands again and again, "Hey, Mr. Li is a famous miracle doctor."

Ziqing also nodded, and said, "The medicine prescribed by Mr. Li is very effective. I wanted to ask him before, but the consultation fee he charged was too high."

After dinner, the Zhang family continued to busy themselves.Yan An took the medicine and fell asleep. After Ziqing finished washing, he stood by the small door and looked worriedly at Zhao Yongzhou who was sitting in the outer room.He said he wanted to read a book, but he didn't turn a page, and sat there for an entire hour.

Zhao Yongzhou saw him and said, "Go to bed first, I'll wait for someone."

Ziqing nodded. Bai'er had grown up and became a general, so he naturally had work to do.He went back to the house and lay down. For the past two years, he has been used to sharing the same bed with Yan An. Tonight, Bai'er said that he wanted Yan An to have a good rest, but Ziqing didn't want to be too far away, so he asked someone to temporarily set up another bed. on the bed.When Ziqing slept until midnight, he heard movement outside.It seemed that the person Bai'er was waiting for had finally returned.He couldn't help but wonder who made Bai'er wait so late.

He got up quietly, walked behind the carved painting wall and looked out.

In the room stood a woman covered with a blue veil, who should be a beautiful person from the exposed eyes.Behind her was a man with a somewhat cautious behavior, with his head bowed and his back hooked.Ziqing felt that this person was somewhat familiar, so after a closer look, it turned out to be Dou Zi.