[Cehua] The wind and rain are like dark

Li Jin's journey this time was quite dangerous, but he gained a lot.Not only did they roughly inquire about the situation of the Wolf Fang Army’s food and grass camp, but they also brought back a group of cattle and horses raised by the rebels, about a few hundred. There is not much left, but now it relieves some tension.It's just that Li Jinlai happened to step on An Sijie's untouchable tail, and the Spike Army became furious, and in the next few days they went crazy and began to attack the city.

Li Jin's arm was injured no matter how minor it was, he was unable to go to the city to work, so he had to rest and recuperate, and he was free.It's just that at this moment, such leisure is definitely not what he wants.He was in the camp, and every day he heard the hurried footsteps outside, and the shouts of slaughter in the city not far away, he felt anxious like fried, but he knew that going to the city would be a burden, so he couldn't help complaining that his little injury was getting better all day long too slow.According to the agreement, Zhou Shousong only visited him a few times in private, but he never mentioned this matter again.The 7000 cavalry who went out with Li Jin were all rewarded, but Li Jin was not mentioned.Everyone was talking about it, but there were [-] people, and the superiors deliberately didn't say anything. How could everyone remember who the young general who escaped from An Sijie's arrow that day was.Everyone heard Li Jin's last call and knew his name, but most of them never remembered that there was such a flying cavalry captain in the army.After inquiring and inquiring, it's just gradually.They have so much trouble to deal with that they don't have much time to pay attention to these things.

The Spike Army was in a hurry to attack, so He Xiaoxiao went to help the military doctor, so he didn't have much time to stay by his side every day, so he could only visit him from time to time.Whenever Li Jin asked about the outside situation, He Xiaoxiao would always say it was fine.It's just that even Li Jin could tell that he was lying. He Xiaoxiao was used to being blunt and not very good at lying. Every time he spoke insincerely, he appeared to be very different from his usual appearance.

"I've heard from my brothers the past few days that An Sijie is going crazy, and the offensive has never stopped... How many casualties are there?" The room was sweltering and hot, but Li Jin had to lie down.But the weather was hot, and sweating was not conducive to the recovery of the wound. The military doctor did not allow him to move around more.

"It's okay." He Xiaoxiao took a cold cloth towel to wipe off the fine sweat floating on Li Jin's face, and then wiped it on his forehead. Li Jin could see that he was restless—more than one thing was bothering him at the same time. Looking at He Xiaoxiao, but he didn't know how to speak.

"I was thinking..." He Xiaoxiao was silent for a while, and finally opened his mouth slowly, "There is a shortage of military doctors in the army. My juniors and sisters in Wanhua Valley are all proficient in medicine, can you..."

Li Jin turned to stare at him.He knew that what He Xiaoxiao said was for the sake of the wounded soldiers, but it was somewhat selfish.He Xiaoxiao said before that when he moved into the camp, people in the city had already started to be bedridden due to hunger.You can't feel it in the camp, but for the city, famine is close at hand.

He didn't know how to answer He Xiaoxiao, so he could only be silent for a while, and said in a businesslike tone: "... If you bring up this matter, you have to wait for General Zhou's consent. What's more..." He paused Suddenly, "Your junior sisters from Ten Thousand Flowers Valley...can't come in."

During the current war, women are not allowed to enter and leave the barracks at will.It's not that He Xiaoxiao doesn't know this, it's just that he forgot about it when he was focused on bringing his juniors and younger sisters into the camp.Hearing what Li Jin said, he froze for a moment, then lowered his head in response.

"...Didn't you finish your sentence?" Li Jin saw that He Xiaoxiao was in a dilemma, so he simply spoke for him.

"There have been... some rumors in the camp recently."

Before Li Jin could inquire, Xu Shengbin walked in and said, "Brother Jin, General Zhou is here." It was at night that Zhou Shousong came to look for him.Xu Shengbin was the one who went out of the city with Li Jin that day, and he had known for a long time that the relationship between Li Jin and General Zhou was not normal, and kept his mouth shut about it.Suddenly Zhou Shousong came in, saw He Xiaoxiao, nodded and said, "Mr. He."

"General Zhou has something to say, so I will avoid it first." He Xiaoxiao bowed his head and saluted, stood up and glanced at Li Jin, who happened to be looking at him too, the two of them met, He Xiaoxiao turned and went out.Li Jin looked at He Xiaoxiao's back, but didn't pay much attention, Zhou Shousong stared back and forth at the two of them thoughtfully.

He Xiaoxiao followed Xu Shengbin outside, and asked casually, "What's the matter with General Zhou?"

"I don't know, but, Mr. He, the words that the Spike Army attacked the city today, and the words they yelled when they scolded... It makes people feel very uncomfortable. Many brothers are..." Xu Shengbin shook his mind. Shaking his head, "General Zhou said it was nonsense to shake the morale of the army. Anyone who dares to speak nonsense will be dealt with by military law."

"...Spike Army... what did you say?" He Xiaoxiao asked subconsciously, but immediately realized, "Ah, I said something wrong, stop it."

"It's said to be dealt with by military law, but I've actually heard it..." Xu Shengbin shook his head and said in a low voice, "It's said that the current emperor... ran away from Chang'an! He also said that the crown prince is going to..."

"Ah?" He Xiaoxiao was taken aback.

It was getting late, and there was a loud cry of crows from somewhere, which seemed even more desolate in this dim yellow evening.The surrounding area is hot and dry. After the heat is over, I just feel that following this sentence, it is slowly getting colder. The coldness that comes from the bottom of my heart makes people shiver.

"It is said that Tongguan has fallen." Xu Shengbin fell silent without further words.

"What did the Spike Army say?"

Xu Shengbin nodded silently, and He Xiaoxiao remained silent.Not long after, Zhou Shousong came out and waved to Xu Shengbin.Xu Shengbin hurried forward and followed Zhou Shousong away.He Xiaoxiao went in without knowing, and hurried into the room, and saw Li Jin lying on the head of the bed, his face was pale and bluish, very ugly.

"The rumor you told me just now is that the court has run away? The prince wants to force the current emperor to abdicate?"

Hearing Li Jin's tone, He Xiaoxiao suddenly felt an indescribable embarrassment for some reason -- embarrassment for Li Jin, and embarrassment for all the defenders.It seems that many days of hard work have been slapped in the face-the imperial court that you have worked so hard to defend has already fled in a hurry, what are you defending here desperately?He Xiaoxiao was so embarrassed that he felt his heart beating wildly. He originally came out of the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers. Although he didn't seek to be alone to avoid the wind and rain, he had a paradise in his heart. He didn't care about these things.Can be all here.What's more, after all, he still doesn't believe it, it must be a rumor.

"General Zhou...what did General Zhou say?"

Li Jin's expression changed for a while, then suddenly fell silent.He Xiaoxiao saw him slump his shoulders as if discouraged.

"It's a rumor. General Zhou has a terrible headache. I've heard such rumors before when we were fighting. The Spike Army deliberately said these things to make us mess up first. Once the army's morale is shaken, the city will fall on its own. There is Tongguan in the west of Chang'an, guarded by 20 troops, how could it be possible to say that it is lost... Besides, the enemy is at present, there is a good saying, the prince is the world, and the world is shaken, and the current emperor has not wavered The status of the prince, how could the prince be so good...it is a rumor. Don't believe it, or they will just happen to get their way."

Although his expression was gloomy, but his tone was very firm, He Xiaoxiao nodded involuntarily.Li Jin grabbed the mattress unconsciously with one hand, and said: "It will come... After this battle, the reinforcements will come sooner or later, and this place will definitely hold." There was a sudden return to a complete calm.He looked up at He Xiaoxiao, and smiled slightly: "Don't think too much about it. I don't know anything, it's just... General Zhou saw that I was out of the city, and I have some credit, so just tell me some news. These big things, I have no right to say anything."

He Xiaoxiao suddenly had a strange feeling, for a moment he couldn't tell who he was talking to, but it was obviously only him here.He has long been used to Li Jin's appearance, and he also knows that Li Jin must have many things in the past that he has not mentioned to him - no matter how he looks at it, he does not look like an ordinary little corps leader.It's just that it's a blessing to be able to live together in the current situation, so why bother arguing about this little thing in the past so that they can't find peace?He Xiaoxiao looked around, and then said softly: "It's getting late, there seems to be a gang outside, I'll get you some food."

"No need," Li Jin smiled, "I don't want to eat yet, you just ask those boys to leave some for me."

He Xiaoxiao responded, pushed the door open and went out.The camp kitchen was cooking, and there were even some laughter.The smell of meat is everywhere.The hundreds of cows that Li Jin drove back when they searched for information had limited fodder in the city, so they couldn't feed them all the time, so they had to kill and eat them as soon as possible, which improved the food for the soldiers.When He Xiaoxiao walked to the kitchen, there were people coming and going everywhere, he stopped, the smell of meat all around was sweet and slightly fishy, ​​and he suddenly felt an inexplicable nausea--I don't know where this nausea came from It came, like a sudden panic, suddenly pushed up from the bottom of my heart, making my heart pounding in my chest, pulling my throat and wanting to retch.He Xiaoxiao turned around with a pale face, and held onto a flagpole beside him.He heard someone calling him Mr. He and asking him if he was okay, but he waved his hands indiscriminately to deal with it.It took a while for him to calm down, but the faint nausea in his heart lingered, and he couldn't tell why.The smell of meat wafted into his nostrils again, and He Xiaoxiao suddenly felt sick again. He felt a little hungry before, but now he couldn't feel anything, so he turned his head and left.

He went all the way back to the house where he lived, but he still felt the slight fishy smell lingering in his nose.He raised his head to identify it, it was obviously just the usual smell of beef, why did it smell particularly uncomfortable today.The previous discomfort came back again, He Xiaoxiao covered his mouth and nose, pushed the door open and entered.Although his place is small, it is not bad in the camp, and he is the only one living alone.The unfinished long scroll was spread out on the table.A few days have passed, and I still only have a rough outline, nothing more than the eaves of those houses.Although he didn't go to the city these few days, he has been taking care of the wounded. He began to feel more and more deeply that what Li Jin said before was not wrong at all.After his hands were covered with blood, he couldn't even lift a paintbrush, let alone draw those pictures that didn't hurt.People only see the bravery of the city guards, but few people know that the blood and death behind them are not noble at all, let alone beautiful.He only felt this way after helping to take care of the wounded in just a few days. If he participated in the battle himself, what would he see?He Xiaoxiao thought for a moment in a daze, then suddenly remembered his previous thoughts.He heard today that a famine had begun in the city, and some people had even started to die of hunger.I don't have much ability, so I can't protect many people, but I have to try to take care of my juniors and juniors.

What Li Jin said before was the truth, it is impossible for women to enter the barracks.It is not safe to be outside, He Xiaoxiao thought about this place, feeling very helpless, but also helpless.

After thinking about it, he found an opportunity to tell Zhou Shousong the next day.Originally, there were not enough military medical officers in the camp. He Xiaoxiao said so, although Zhou Shousong hesitated for a while, he gave him an answer in the afternoon, saying that he could invite some doctors from Wanhua to come in and try it out.The rebels attacked the city more and more quickly, and people were injured every day, and the situation was very difficult.

With Zhou Shousong's consent, He Xiaoxiao felt better.On the second day, he left the camp and went to the medical office to find those colleagues.In fact, it is said to be the government medical office, but the government has already moved to the vicinity of the camp, so that it is convenient to discuss matters with the generals in the army, but these Wanhua disciples can only stay in the city.As soon as He Xiaoxiao entered the city, he felt that the atmosphere was very strange.If we say that it was quiet before, in the whole city now, compared with the killing cries heard in the camp every day, it is a kind of pure dead silence.But this dead silence is mixed with indescribable restlessness, which makes people panic.There are almost no people in the market, and occasionally someone walks by, but they are also described as pale and disheveled.He Xiaoxiao brought some food with him, not much, there was a quota for everything in the camp, and he saved it himself.He went all the way to the medical department, and it was quiet inside, and there seemed to be no one there.Thinking of Luo Xiaoxue's inability to enter the camp, he became annoyed again. Originally, there were only a few Wanhua female disciples here. If all the men left, leaving the seniors and sisters outside, it would be even more unsafe.He Xiaoxiao was annoyed thinking about it, so he could only temporarily put these thoughts aside and reached out to knock on the door.

Not long after, a disciple of Wanhua came to answer the door, and He Xiaoxiao saw the expression on the fellow's face, and knew that life in the medical department was starting to be difficult.He walked in and found that it was quiet inside, and then saw Gu Ping nestled on the couch in the inner room, sorting some herbs in his hands.Hearing He Xiaoxiao's footsteps, he raised his head.

I haven't seen him for a few days, and the previous feeling of being slightly pale but still full of air has faded from Gu Ping's face. He Xiaoxiao saw a light blue color under his eyes, and his cheeks have sunken a lot. You can tell it at a glance. This is the result of insufficient food and having to save food.He Xiaoxiao twitched in his heart, walked over and sat down and said, "Junior brother."

"...It's Senior Brother." Gu Ping's voice was very soft, with an indescribable indifference.He Xiaoxiao was taken aback for a moment, feeling that Gu Ping was still angry about the incident last time.After that night last time, he was ordered to move back to live in the camp before he had time to discuss with his junior brother in detail. Later, he was busy with other things and didn't have time to come out. In Gu Ping's opinion, he must have left without saying goodbye.What's more, his firm attitude that night was tantamount to slapping his junior brother in the face. Gu Ping was cold-tempered and reserved since he was a child. To be able to say what he said that night must have taken a lot of courage.

He Xiaoxiao felt a sense of guilt in his heart, and intuitively understood that it is better to get straight to the point, so he said: "...Recently, the rebels have been attacking the city, and there are not enough military doctors in the battalion. I reported to the general, and the general agreed to let disciple Wanhua here , go to the military medical officer to help... Tomorrow you guys pack up and go to the camp."

Gu Ping didn't speak, but slowly turned a Dendrobium in his hand.After a long while, he raised his head and said, "What about the senior and senior sisters? Will they be allowed to go to the camp as well?"

He Xiaoxiao didn't expect him to think of this question all of a sudden, he was at a loss for words, and after a while he said awkwardly: "They...of course they can't. Don't worry, I will find a way."

"Brother, what can you think of?" Gu Ping's voice was cold, and he turned his head to pick out the medicinal materials in his hand, "The men are all gone, and the remaining seniors and sisters are outside, how are they going to live? There is not much food here, and it is not safe everywhere, brother, you only think about us and forget about them, you were not like this before."

"I..." He Xiaoxiao was a little anxious for a moment, "Junior brother, listen to me, it's not like this, I... can't have women in the barracks during the war, there's nothing I can do about it, I don't have any skills, they are mine Sisters and sisters, you are also my brothers, I can only save one or the other first, not to mention...the military doctors in the camp are really not enough, the enemy is in front of us, and the disciples of Wanhua Valley can be regarded as doing their part to defend the city..."

"Why do you want us to leave them behind?" Gu Ping said coldly, "I won't go. Brother, you go and ask other people. If anyone is willing to go with you, you can take him."

He Xiaoxiao was speechless for a while, he knew that his junior brother was on the edge of his head, and was thinking about how to persuade him, when suddenly there was a commotion in the front yard outside the medical office.Gu Ping got up immediately, He Xiaoxiao followed and went out, but a group of people came in noisily, about a dozen of them, carrying a young woman on a bamboo frame.The woman's belly was high, she was obviously pregnant and about to give birth, her face was pale, and she was sweating profusely, and she could be heard moaning in pain through such loud voices.

The man in the lead yelled as soon as he entered.The woman moaned in a dazed and disorganized manner, obviously she was reborn, and she was about to be unable to hold on.There are only a dozen Wanhua disciples in the medical office, but they are all men. Luo Xiaoxue and others went out today to see a doctor in the north of the city.Even if someone is sent to look for it now, it will take at least an hour to go back and forth.

"Why don't you go to the midwife?" Everyone didn't know what to say for a moment, but He Xiaoxiao had already stepped forward and asked loudly.

"No... no... I can't find it anywhere!" The man in the head fell to his knees with a plop when he heard what He Xiaoxiao said, "Originally we are small and we dare not come to the medical office to trouble you, but She is really... dying, I heard that you are all from Wanhua Valley, everyone knows Wanhua's expert medical skills, please save her... Please save her!"

"But..." Someone said with difficulty, "Senior sisters and sisters are not here today... this..."

The man could not kowtow, and the woman being carried moaned in extreme pain, but the voice gradually became weaker and weaker.But none of the female disciples are there, and no midwife can be found. The world is so big, but how can there be any reason for a man to deliver the baby?Everyone was stunned for a moment, He Xiaoxiao didn't know what to say, the woman's moan was really piercing, he was about to speak, when Gu Ping suddenly took a step and said: "If you don't mind, let me try .”

"Senior brother!"

"Brother Gu!"

He Xiaoxiao and everyone were stunned. Gu Ping was walking forward when He Xiaoxiao grabbed his wrist.He Xiaoxiao listened to the crying in his ear, and suddenly felt an extremely uneasy coldness rushing to the back of his neck. He was also a disciple of Wanhua himself, so he naturally understood that he couldn't just leave him alone, but the current situation made him feel extremely Uneasy, as if some terrible disaster is lurking in ambush.

"...Brother?"

"...you can't do this...junior brother, you...you listen to me," He Xiaoxiao said a little incoherently, "ask someone to find Junior Sister Luo and the others to come back, will she die in a while... this... how can there be The reason for a man to deliver a woman? Even if you are willing, she may not be willing..."

Gu Ping exerted force silently in his hand, and pulled his wrist out of He Xiaoxiao's hand.He looked back at He Xiaoxiao amidst all the crying, and said coldly: "Brother, you have become hard-hearted after staying in the barracks for a long time."