Chapter 11 Return to Jiankang
When Fenghuang returned to the inn, he saw that Xiao Jinyu was already sleeping on the couch, and there was a bowl of fresh and delicious dishes and a plate of snacks on the table. What was on the table was his favorite slices of hibiscus chicken and a piece of plum blossom-shaped pale pink pancake.
The aroma of tea was very strong in the room, and it was the tea leaves that were simmering slightly on the incense burner that exuded the fragrant aroma.
The table is light brown, with a piece of smooth and smooth Saeki paper spread on it. On it is written "If I fall asleep, please eat by yourself" in eight large and beautiful characters. Generally elegant and moving.
Phoenix's eyes were moist for a moment. He walked to the collapse, looked at Xiao Jinyu for a long time, and suddenly murmured to himself: "If you return to Chen Country, I will help you get everything back, and I will never let you die with hatred in this life. "
After eating, the boys slept on a folded mat and robe.
The years are quiet and I have no sleep all night.
The two of them left the inn before dawn the next day. No one in the entire inn except the shopkeeper knew when they came and when they left. When the waiter in the inn came to collect the rent, they were already gone. The two men were missing, but there was a bag of five copper coins on the table, which was particularly conspicuous.
The waiter looked a little dazed, thinking of the rumors he heard today: "I heard that there is a miracle doctor in our Pengcheng city. He looks like an immortal. I don't know which temple has such good luck and can invite him? This miracle doctor is here as a guest."
"If you can come to my house, let alone collect rent, I won't have a problem raising her, don't you think?"
"Yes, yes! I don't know where the miracle doctor came from and where he is going."
However, these rumors soon disappeared without a trace as time passed. Just like many legends that "come like running water and go like the wind, I don't know where they came from and ended up", they will eventually emerge with the changes of current events. In the flow of time, they are either washed away or returned to dust.
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Half a month later, Chen Guo built Kangcheng.
This year is the second year after King Ancheng Chen Xu deposed the emperor and established himself. Like every previous dynasty change and political power collapse, in the past two years, the new emperor carried out major purges of the government and the public in order to rectify the government. .
Today is the last day of the purge. When the sky is about to dawn, the imperial city, which has been silent for most of the night, is suddenly shrouded in red clouds. Following this ominous omen, a piece of news comes from among the court officials - the late emperor's favorite minister. The right guard general Han Zigao was accused of treason and committed suicide in fear of crime among the Tingwei.
For a moment, the government and the public were shocked, the whole city was in an uproar, and the people all lamented, and everyone in the teahouse was also divided.
At the same time, a carriage with green hood and double shafts returned from the north and drove slowly towards the Qingxi Gate of Jiankang City.
The early morning mist has dispersed, and the light of dawn has illuminated the solid and majestic outline of the city wall not far away, with the two characters "Jiankang" clearly visible on it.
After seeing these two words, the boy sitting in the carriage couldn't help shouting with joy: "Brother Qing, look, this is Jiankang City, we have arrived in Jiankang."
After the carriage staggered forward for several meters, it finally came to a slow stop. Xiao Jinyu also opened the curtain, stepped out of the carriage, and looked up at the two big characters on the city gate.
Jiankang.
These two big characters seem to have been baptized by war for a long time, and there are quite a few traces of the vicissitudes of time.
Xiao Jinyu was fascinated for a moment, and the boy next to him said excitedly: "I once heard someone say that Jiankang City, proudly located on the Yangtze River, has a royal aura since ancient times. During the Warring States Period, King Chu Wei destroyed Yue, and it was there that the tiger Thousands of gold coins were buried under the stone mountain of the Julong Pan to imprison this royal energy. Later Qin unified the world. Qin Shihuang was also deeply afraid of this theory of royal energy, so he dug a river in the city to cut off the dragon's veins, and this The river is the most famous Qinhuai River in Jiankang City, Brother Qing, am I right?"
Xiao Jinyu didn't say anything, and Fenghuang continued: "I heard that the southerners attach great importance to the elegance of Qing Dynasty and the demeanor of celebrities. The people here also advocate the elegance of literature and poetry, and the lightness of martial arts. They pay special attention to the beauty of weakness, especially those of the gentry. In order to highlight the ridiculousness, every time they go out, they always wear robes and belts, big crowns and high shoes. They use chariots and carriages when they go out, and support when they enter. There is no one riding a horse in the whole city, so when Hou Jing attacked Taicheng, the people here were The scholar-bureaucrats all became weak, and the soldiers were also vulnerable. Hou Jing destroyed the entire Xiao Liang and replaced them with only 8,000 troops. "
The boy was just stating the facts about the demise of the previous dynasty in the most normal tone, but Xiao Jinyu's mind suddenly became extremely painful and frightened. "Hou Jing? Xiao Liang?" She repeated in a murmur, and her mind seemed to explode one after another like thunder, and unexpectedly appeared one after another like hills of corpses, and countless soldiers like tigers and wolves. They rushed towards her like lions, their grins and the screams of the women echoing in her ears over and over again.
"Yu Qing, take your brothers and sisters and leave quickly. The farther you can escape, the better."
"Sister, don't abandon me, sister, save me quickly!"
There seemed to be countless voices calling her in her mind, and it seemed like countless sharp knives were cutting her body, which hurt her bones, but it was far less than the pain hidden deep in her heart.
Big beads of sweat rolled down her forehead again.
"Brother Qing, what's wrong with you?"
The boy finally noticed something strange about her, and hurriedly helped her into the carriage, picked up a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
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When Xiao Jinyu woke up again, it was already the morning of the next day, and the boy was sleeping leaning against her bed.
"Phoenix."
But with a soft call, the boy woke up from his sleep. When he saw Xiao Jinyu returned to normal, his eyes showed unusual joy: "Brother Qing, you are fine."
Xiao Jinyu nodded.
"I'm sorry, Brother Qing, I think I must have said the wrong thing again yesterday, otherwise you wouldn't have..."
"I'm fine. It's just that I'm tired from traveling on the road. This is also the reason why I'm too weak." After saying that, Xiao Jinyu asked again, "You told me yesterday that the scholars in the Southern Dynasty all regard weakness as beauty. When you go out, you will be supported by chariots, and when you enter, you will be supported. So when Hou Jing attacked the city, hundreds of thousands of people in Jiankang City died at the hands of Hou Jing, right? "
I don't know why Xiao Jinyu mentioned this matter again, Fenghuang was stunned and nodded calmly: "Yes."
Sure enough!
It turned out that what appeared in her mind was not an illusion. Hundreds of thousands of Jiankang people were killed after the murderous maniac invaded the city, and only three thousand of them were left.
The entire Jiankang city was filled with blood and bones, and the prosperity of Jiangzuo and the nobles' romance were all reduced to ashes and dust under his butcher knife.
Xiao Jinyu couldn't help clenching her fists secretly, and her heart surged violently like the waves crashing on the shore.
"Brother Qing?"
Amid the boy's soft call, Xiao Jinyu closed her eyes and suddenly asked: "Fenghuang, can you tell me some more stories about the Southern Dynasties?"
(End of chapter)