Chapter 857 Hopeless City (125)
"I..."
"Needless to say, I waited for you voluntarily. You don't have to feel guilty. We both don't have many years to live, so we won't do the same things we did when we were young. Just tell us what your difficulties are."
She is still as generous and straightforward as before.
In the end, she took the initiative to express her love for each other. The old man has always been the passive one, both before and now.
"The prefect told me that men have ambitions everywhere, and that as a commoner, I could only gain fame by joining the army. So I joined the army."
"Then why have there been no letters for so many years?"
"In my third year of joining the army, I became disabled. Did you see that? My legs are lame and I will never have military merit in my life. I have no shame in going back to see the prefect, let alone you."
The old lady's eyes were calm, as if she already knew everything.
"I know...after all these years, do you still feel sorry for me?"
"Well, the one I'm most sorry for in this life is you."
The old man lost his usual cheerfulness and seemed to have turned into the dull and inferior man he had been in that moment.
Everything didn't go as he thought: he would make great achievements and return to his hometown to marry her in glory.
He thought that she would get married and have children and forget about him.
There was silence in the room.
I've been waiting for a long time for the old lady's reply.
Lu Qi looked up, only to find that the face opposite him was already full of tears.
"Daqi, I thought I would never see you again in this life."
The old man was at a loss and hurriedly stepped forward to help her wipe away her tears, but belatedly realized that the other woman liked to be clean and was afraid that his hands would dirty her face. In this way, the two old men were at a loss and the other was worried. tear.
There were not many intense words at this moment of meeting.
Both of them know how to cherish each other, and they also know how rare and precious it is to meet each other in their sixties in this war-torn era.
She forgave him.
Now just wait for him to forgive himself. ——
Guanhai City is extremely safe.
Everyone thought that life would go on like this.
Until early one morning, the familiar sound of arrows flying was heard outside the city.
After living a stable life for a while, everyone inevitably became a little slack, but they still gathered together in the shortest possible time.
"General, there are enemy troops outside the city with well-armed weapons, about ten thousand!"
Zhou Ye quickly walked up the city wall. Before he could step on the last step, a cannonball suddenly flew from outside the city wall.
"Boom——!!"
There was a loud bang.
The city wall fell down, and the city's defense line that was finally established was shattered by the shell.
For a moment, there was only a low hum in my ears.
Zhou Ye lifted the stone off her body and stumbled up. The severe pain in her head made her reach out.
Looking down, his palms were covered in blood.
She hadn't been hurt this badly in a long time.
But it was normal. After falling from such a high tower, it would be useless even if she had copper skin and iron bones.
The tinnitus continued, and she stood up despite the pain. She glanced over and saw that the sight was full of devastation. Vaguely, she saw the body that was pressed under the stone. Only some of her hands and feet were exposed, and blood was flowing downwards. , and finally gathered into a pool, dripping onto the bluestone.
A trace of blood-like light flashed in his eyes.
The shelling in my ears continued, and all I could see were faces covered by fire and ruins.
Zhou Ye finally heard the sound again, and the next second she got up and ran towards the city gate.
What used to be the city gate was now a dark hole, and countless soldiers wearing foreign uniforms rushed in, holding sharp scimitars in their hands.
(End of chapter)