Harue Kagetsu

I finally feel better. Then he whispered: "Did I wake you up?"

The blind woman shook her head. He also said in a low voice, "I slept for a long time during the day and couldn't fall asleep."

Luoshen knew that her fever had subsided.

In the past few days, I was worried about the war, and I was busy comforting the city people, and I didn't pay attention to her injuries, so I asked again, "How is your injury?"

"It's been great. Thank you madam." The blind girl said in a hoarse voice.

Luoshen took out the wound cream left by the military doctor from a bag at the bedside.

"I still have a bottle here. You can wipe your hands and feet. I'll give you some more medicine on your back."

The blind female figure stopped for a while, then slowly, turned around and lay down on the floor.

Luoshen lifted up her clothes for her, revealing a back that was so thin that you could almost see the shape of a rib. Using the dim moonlight that penetrated through the window, he picked the medicine with his fingertips, smeared lightly on her skin, and applied it evenly. in the wound.

"Looks like it's much better. Just a few more days and you should be able to recover."

"It's getting late, I'm going to bed. You can sleep too. Ask Ah Yu to apply it for you tomorrow."

After taking the medicine, she put the remaining bottle in the blind woman's hand and lay back.

After she lay down, she stopped tossing and turning like before.

Gradually, he fell asleep.

In her ears, there was the sound of her slight even breathing.

In her breath, there seemed to be a faint scent of clothes left in her sleeves.

The blind woman slowly opened her eyes.

A pair of indistinguishable purple eyes hides two eyes that show no emotion.

She stared at the nearby, slender woman's back, which was within reach, for a long time, and then slowly closed her eyes.

…

The next day, Luoshen finally received a new battle report from Yicheng.

Xijin soldiers arrived, and Li Mu's army met in the wilderness in the northern land outside the city.

At 30,000 to 10,000, half of the 10,000 didn't even have any decent weapons, and what they held in their hands were wooden sticks.

The arrogance of Xijin's side can be imagined. Immediately launched an aggressive attack.

There was hardly any decent resistance, Li Mu's army was quickly lost, and they retreated into the city, closed the city gate, and hung a battle-free sign.

How can Xijin soldiers give each other a chance to breathe. To take advantage of the victory, set up a cloud ladder, send a beating stone, shoot an archery array, and continue to launch a fierce siege.

The defenders at the head of the city, Yicheng, quickly fell, and the city gate was broken.

Li Mu's soldiers were defeated and gave up their resistance.

Xijin soldiers rushed in from the north gate like a tide, chasing after the fleeing Yicheng soldiers in front.

Outside the North City Gate, in the end there was only a single group of baggage soldiers who were ordered to stay behind.

As they watched the battle, the Xianbei people used Xianbei language, sneered at the incompetence and cowardice of the Han people, and sighed for their inability to enter the city like their comrades.

The only thing to be thankful for is that I heard that this place was a ghost town not long ago, and now there must be no oil or water in it.

When the city is broken, the soldiers and civilians are killed, the revenge is over, and Hou Ding is frightened to the core, so he can go home and continue to follow their emperor to grab Xijing Chang'an, which is now in the hands of Jieren.

Chang'an in the west capital and Luoyang in the east, these capitals and imperial cities built by the Han people from ancient times for generations, are the real land rich in oil and water.

Just when the group of Xijing soldiers were gearing up, they did not expect that after all the combat soldiers had entered the North Gate, a thousand-strong Yicheng army, led by hundreds of brave warriors, would be ghostly from them. behind the outflanking up.

Yicheng's army killed the Xijin cargo soldiers who were cheering for their companions just a moment ago, then quickly closed the city gate, poured pre-melted molten iron, and stacked the prepared boulders and trees, completely blocking the way out.

At the same time, according to the predetermined plan, all the Yicheng soldiers who had retreated to the remaining east, west, and south gates also evacuated smoothly.

The city gates followed suit, and they were all closed and blocked.

Nearly 30,000 Xijin soldiers were locked in Yicheng City according to Li Mu's plan.

The Xijin people, who had sobered up from the victorious frenzy of chasing and killing the enemy, realized at this time that what they occupied was an empty and barren city that could not even see a ghost except for the broken walls.

The exit gate was blocked.

And they were trapped by the Yicheng soldiers outside.

The city walls are towering, even if they have the courage to jump down, if they are lucky enough to not break their hands and feet, they will be greeted by the ruthless Yicheng soldiers who are waiting outside, like locust arrows and raging fires.

After wandering around the city like a headless fly for most of the day, the Xijin people discovered an even more terrifying thing.

They have nothing to eat!

Searching all over the city, let alone finding half a grain of food that can be eaten, even the edible weeds on the roadside have been harvested!

The Xijin people who captured the city realized that they had been fooled.

They captured the city, but turned into a group of ants trapped in the bottom of the barrel, unable to get out.

…

The news of the progress of the war made the atmosphere in the entire temporary settlement excited.

There were smiles on everyone's faces, the children's voices were loud, and the women's enthusiasm for spinning threads and making shoes was even stronger.

It was a sunny, quiet afternoon today.

The Xijin people have been trapped in the city for four or five days.

It is said that on the first day, the densely packed Xijin soldiers climbed to the top of the city and shot arrows at Li Mu's encircling soldiers, shouting curses, and the city was full of fire.

By now, probably even the mice have been caught, and cannibalism has occurred. There were constantly Xijin soldiers who were so hungry that they couldn't even speak.

The children were so excited by the news that they had no intention of going to school these two days. Luo Shenben didn't force it, and left school early today.

She was in the house, originally writing a new handbook for literacy, and planned to distribute it to students with outstanding academic performance when she returned to the city. Gradually getting sleepy, I yawned, put down my pen, lay on the couch beside the window pane, closed my eyes and took a nap.

Wake up and feel the cool breeze around you. When I opened my eyes, I saw that the blind girl was sitting on the ground beside her, holding a fan in her hand, shaking it slowly, blowing wind to herself.

The blind girl is cured. The wound on his body that had festered so much that he could almost see the bones gradually became scarred. But she doesn't fit in with the group, and she seems to be afraid of the sun. Although she is cured, she never goes out during the day. She just stays in the dark corner of the house, with her head down and her back to the doors and windows, either sleeping or silently helping Ah Yu weave hemp rope.

She is a blind girl, Luoshen didn't want her to do anything for him at first, and if she took her in, she would just take care of someone more.

Unexpectedly, when she fell asleep, she would take the initiative to touch and fan herself.

He turned his face and smiled at her: "Are your hands sore? Go and rest yourself. You don't need to fan me."

The blind girl still lowered her head and said hoarsely, "I'm not tired. They are all doing things outside. I'll give you a fan."

After Aju and the servants and maids had lunch, they all sat in twos and threes outside in the shade of a tree not far away, busy making needlework and weaving straw sandals.

Seeing that she insisted, Luoshen didn't rush her, stretched out, sat up, took back the pen, lowered his head and continued composing the booklet.

The house is quiet, the ear, the stream is gurgling, and the birds are singing in the stream.

The blind girl stayed by her side without saying a word, lowered her head, and continued to shake the wind for her.

Luoshen wrote two more pages. At this time, there was a light footsteps outside, Ah Yu ran in, holding a letter in his hand, and said happily: "Madam, the guard just handed it over, saying it was from the prefect for Madam. letter!"

Luoshen hurriedly put down the pen and took it.

After Ah Yu had passed the letter, he hopped off again.

This is a letter from Li Mu to her. Said the siege was going well. Among the Xijin soldiers, there were Xianbei people and some Han people, but they were all thugs who murdered without blinking an eye. He will continue to besiege the city until he completely destroys the will of those people.

At the end of the letter, he said that he missed her very much and asked her if she wanted him. Let her wait for him for a few more days, and when things are over, he will come to pick her up immediately.

Luoshen stared at these few words, looked and looked, the corners of his lips curved up unconsciously, and gradually became fascinated.

The blind woman's fanning hand stopped for a while and slowly raised her head.

"Madam, what did the governor's letter say?" she asked.

"It's nothing. In a few days, the siege should be over..."

Luoshen smiled and looked at the blind girl beside him who asked him a question.

Suddenly, her gaze froze.

In such weather, blind women are always used to wearing a scarf around their necks.

Ah Yu had asked her out of curiosity before, and she said that in addition to being blind, she also had wind in her throat, so her voice was hoarse.

Luoshen didn't doubt it, and he didn't pay much attention to it.

Until this moment, the blind girl raised her head, and the towel around her neck just loosened, exposing her throat.

Luoshen actually saw a protruding Adam's apple.

When she's with Li Mu, she likes to kiss his chiseled Adam's apple—attracting to her because she doesn't have one.

She was very familiar with this sign of a man.

She had never seen such a protruding Adam's apple in a woman's throat.

Her gaze fell from the blind girl's neck to her gloomy and thin face with her eyes closed, which was always drooping, and she had never seen it clearly, and a feeling of deja vu suddenly surged in her heart.

The face, the outline...

I seem to have seen it somewhere.

For a while, I couldn't remember.

Suddenly, a sense of ominousness came to her heart. Seeing that the blind girl lowered her head again, and continued to fan herself, she stopped looking at her, remained calm, and continued to lower her head as if nothing had happened, writing her own words.

After a while, one page was finished. She put down the pen, stood up, smiled and said, "You can rest yourself, I will go and see the needles and threads they make."

She walked out, facing forward, gradually picking up her pace.

She called Fan Cheng.

Fan Cheng took the guard and followed her back to the wooden house. When he opened the door, Luoshen was startled by what he saw.

The blind girl was still sitting on the ground like that, but there was an extra dagger in her hand, and the dagger was facing Ah Yu's neck.

The blind girl no longer closed her eyes.

He slowly raised his head and opened his eyes, revealing a pair of purple eyes that Luoshen had seen once and would never forget.

"Murong!"

Luo Shen exclaimed.

Although the person in front of him was still wearing a woman's clothes, his face was very different from the Li Rong in Luoshen's memory. But these eyes, and the gloomy, unfeeling look in them, she immediately recognized them when she saw them.

Murong looked at Luoshen, and the corners of his lips moved, with a smile that was not a smile: "It's me."

He raised his hand and wiped it, and the mud-like thing on his face rubbed off one after another, revealing his original face.

The face in front of him was pale, with sunken cheeks, so thin that it was almost out of shape. Even if the outer layer of disguise is removed, it seems that the beautiful face of Fengshen that Luoshen saw on the day of Qushuiliujing has changed greatly.

It's almost like a change of person.

If she hadn't been suspicious just now and wanted to bring someone to check it out, how could she have thought that Murong Ti, the Xianbei man she thought should still be in Jiankang, would appear in front of her in such a way.

She rescued a dangerous wild wolf. We ate together, even slept together, and we spent ten days together like this!

Luo Shen's face changed greatly, and his heart was beating wildly.

But at this moment, she didn't have time to think about it.

She looked at Ah Yu who was being held by Murong Wei.

She was crying, her eyes were full of horror, and she kept weeping.

"Murong, when you were about to die in the wild outside the city, Ah Yu found you and saved you! If you were still a person, you shouldn't treat her like this! You still don't let her go!"

When Ah Yu heard his name, he struggled desperately.

Fan Cheng was furious, and immediately ordered people to surround him, drawing his sword and shouting angrily: "Let her go!"

Murong's face was expressionless, and his five fingers tightened suddenly, like an eagle's claws, tightly grabbing the girl's neck.

Ah Yu was suddenly unable to breathe, and under his five fingers, his eyes were closed, and his face was flushed red.

He looked at Luo Shen with a pair of cold eyes. "One more step from your people, and I'll break her neck."