[Cehua] The wind and rain are like dark

He Xiaoxiao was pacing back and forth under the eaves of a garrison camp. It was raining heavily in summer, and everywhere was wet with damp water vapor.The sound of pattering rain, walking footsteps, and faint torches are everywhere.Too many things happened during the day, including He Xiaoxiao himself, the camp was filled with chaotic and excited emotions.

An Sijie was overjoyed, but Li Jin shot him in the left eye with an arrow.The Wolf Fang army was in an uproar, and retreated in embarrassment with An Sijie, who was severely injured, and retreated several miles overnight.Although Li Jin's arrow failed to kill An Sijie, it was enough to greatly boost the morale of the army.When He Xiaoxiao heard the restless human voices that could not be covered by the heavy rain, he could probably imagine a thing or two.

It's just that he didn't see Li Jin himself. When he came down from the city earlier, Li Jin didn't know where he went.Even though He Xiaoxiao had countless things to ask in his heart, he didn't know what to do for a while.What's more, there are other more things tormenting him - about the younger brothers and sisters, because of the plague, they can't enter the camp, and they are still suffering outside.When He Xiaoxiao thought of this incident, he felt restless, as long as he thought of his younger brothers and younger sisters starving outside, he couldn't even eat.It's just that under the previous battle situation, he couldn't keep mentioning this matter to Zhou Shousong.Today, the Spike Army's morale was greatly frustrated, so he thought about going to Zhou Shousong to talk about it in a few days, to see if he could show mercy and let his juniors and sisters come into the camp.

A few days have passed and I haven't seen Li Jin, but this flying cavalry captain seems to be known to everyone in the army this time. Of course, with his own reputation, there is also Qin Peiyang, the guard of the Shilong Gate in An Sijie's story, and many rumors about the events of the year, have been spread one after another, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.He Xiaoxiao listened for a while, but couldn't figure out why, Li Jin didn't know where he went, and he couldn't find anyone, so He Xiaoxiao had no choice, not to mention that he was full of thoughts about his juniors and younger sisters, so the Spike Army would have to wait for his retreat. It took a few days to find Zhou Shousong.After a few days of hard work, He Xiaoxiao went to find Zhou Shousong, but was told that Zhou Shousong and the people from the government were discussing the next battle situation, and it didn't end for a while.He Xiaoxiao didn't care, so he waited outside.

He waited and waited, when he heard commotion in the nearby camp, as if some people were gathered together, discussing something in a hurry.Originally, He Xiaoxiao was full of juniors, juniors and sisters in his heart, and he was not in the mood to care about what they were talking about, but the voices of those people were getting louder, which made him feel that something was unusual, so he turned around and approached to ask.

"What happened?"

"It's Mr. He," someone among the soldiers recognized him, but the discussion was suddenly stopped because of his arrival. An abnormal silence spread around, and everyone looked away in embarrassment.

"What's wrong?" He Xiaoxiao felt even more uneasy, "Why didn't you talk when I came?"

"...Yes... I think Mr. He is an elegant person, and I don't want to hear such things..." Finally someone said expectantly, "Just now the garrison in the north of the city came to report, saying that in the city...in the city... someone ate People..."

He Xiaoxiao stared at him, for a moment he didn't understand what he meant, but when he did, he immediately felt an unprecedented chill winding down the back of his neck. It was clearly broad daylight, but he suddenly shivered from the cold .He turned his head and looked at the eyes of other people around him. These soldiers were all experienced warriors of Tiance Mansion, but their expressions at this time showed a kind of extreme uneasiness without exception.

"Mr. He..."

"It's okay, it's okay." He Xiaoxiao collected himself, waved his hands, turned his head and walked out of the crowd.But others could see that he was only calm on the surface, and he was probably already in a turbulent state in his heart.

He Xiaoxiao's heart was beating wildly. The few words just now beat back and forth in his heart, and the familiar feeling of nausea surged up again. He had to hold onto the fence on one side to force himself to calm down.At this time, Zhou Shousong seemed to have finished talking inside, and someone called He Xiaoxiao in.He Xiaoxiao endured the discomfort and followed the visitor away.This news was too shocking, he understood almost immediately that if the Wanhua disciples in the medical office were not brought into the camp as soon as possible, the consequences would be even more unimaginable.

He Xiaoxiao repeatedly begged Zhou Shousong to let him go out.Zhou Shousong was firm at first, rejecting He Xiaoxiao's petition without hesitation, but couldn't bear him to keep begging.In addition, the news from the city said that the plague had not spread to the whole city, and the original government also sent people to do some epidemic prevention work within their capabilities.He Xiaoxiao couldn't stop begging, saying that he didn't want to go to the north of the city, but only went to the medical office where disciple Wanhua stayed.Those Wanhua disciples are all his fellow disciples, even if the current situation is special, I must not just sit idly by and let them be threatened by famine.If Zhou Shousong disagreed, he might as well move out and never return to the camp.After talking like this, Zhou Shousong couldn't ignore his tears, and his attitude relaxed a little.He Xiaoxiao took advantage of the situation and said, even if we talk about other things later, at least I should ask Zhou Shousong to go out for a while and see how the situation is.

Zhou Shousong didn't know what he thought of, and he was uneasy at first, but finally agreed.He Xiaoxiao came out with great gratitude. He knew that it was mostly because of Li Jin's face. Zhou Shousong saw that he and Li Jin were close, so he gave him a great favor.

He Xiaoxiao didn't dare to delay, so he quickly packed some things and went out the next day, lest Zhou Shousong would change his mind.Zhou Shousong didn't know why he thought of something, so he specially called two people out to follow him.The soldiers at the gate of the camp looked at the token, and silently turned sideways to let them go.In front of him was a street leading to the city. There were people walking back and forth in the barracks behind him, but the street in front of him was dead silent. The two road base lines at the corner of the street extended to the end, and turned a corner leading to the city where the situation was unknown.He Xiaoxiao stared at the empty aisle in front of him, and suddenly felt chills all over his body for no reason.

He Xiaoxiao gritted his teeth, and finally turned around and left the camp.There was a dead silence in the city, which was different from before.On the empty long street, the doors of the houses on both sides were tightly closed, as if they were afraid that if the doors and windows were opened, the air of the epidemic would invade.The three of He Xiaoxiao walked quickly while looking at the two sides.

For some reason, he seemed to be able to feel that in the shadows behind the doors and windows, there were countless prying eyes, staring at him as he walked on this long, deserted street, and kept staring at him as he walked into danger. To the unpredictable city.The noon sun was shining high, and the surroundings were silent and white.He Xiaoxiao was unbearably hot, but the medical office seemed out of reach.He had some food with him, which was given to him by Zhou Shousong. It was not much, but it was enough to make him very grateful—although there will be no famine in the camp for the time being, it is still less for each meal. It is not easy to save these things in defending the city.He Xiaoxiao wiped the sweat off his forehead with his sleeve, and squinted his eyes to look at the scarlet white sun.

It was too quiet around here.It was so quiet that it didn't look like a city with tens of thousands of people, so when the sound of singing suddenly came from the alley on the side of the long street, He Xiaoxiao immediately stopped in his tracks.Not because I want to hear what the singing voice is singing, but because the singing voice came too suddenly, with a sense of extreme uneasiness, floating gently on the long street.He Xiaoxiao didn't know that there was a dazed and terrified look on his face, but the voice was like a hook hooking him, and he turned his head subconsciously.The deserted long street was glowing with a quiet red-white heat, but the voice was far away, empty, with a hint of coolness, like a drop of cold water, gently falling on a piece of scorched land, and unexpectedly soaked into a trace of cold water. Silky cold.He Xiaoxiao saw a few children running out of the alley behind him. In the midsummer of July, they were all wearing thick cotton-padded clothes. They were running and dancing, singing like a string of water droplets, carrying a chill.

"...the wind and rain are desolate, the cocks are crowing! The wind and rain are light, the cocks are crowing...the wind and rain are dark, and the cocks are crowing..."

He Xiaoxiao felt a bone-piercing chill, rushed up like a snake, entangled in his heart, and kept stretching out the cold snake letter to lick the tip of his heart.It was obviously hot and sweaty just now, but now it feels like falling into an ice cave.Be sure again, those children are gone.The surroundings were quiet again, only the long white street stretched into the distance in silence.

"... Mr. He... what is that?" The soldier who came with him also had a pale face, obviously disturbed.

"I don't know, let's go, let's go."

He Xiaoxiao grasped what was in his hands, and walked away without looking back.The footsteps became faster and faster until he ran involuntarily.The long street echoed with his footsteps and his short, unsteady breathing.He couldn't run anymore, he held onto the porch on the side of the street and panted heavily, when the door suddenly slammed, he was so startled that he almost jumped up, and when he took a closer look, he had already arrived at the medical office. Green and yellow, the whole person is also weak.

"Where are the others?!" He Xiaoxiao pounced on him and grabbed his wrist. Seeing that it was him, disciple Wanhua's eyes lit up, but he quickly moved to the things in their hands.He Xiaoxiao immediately understood, stuffed things over in two or three, and said, "Go cook! There are not many of you, and you can live for a few days without eating, so I will try to save you—where is Junior Brother Gu?"

"He's not here. There is a plague in the city. He followed the government officials to the north of the city, saying that he was doing something to prevent the epidemic." The Wanhua disciple spoke in a low voice and looked weak. He Xiaoxiao could see that his expression was very serious. Scary, "I haven't been back for several days, and we don't know where to find it, let alone..."

He Xiaoxiao could already see that although he was trying his best to answer his own question, his voice was trembling. It was obvious that he had been hungry for a long time, and his thoughts were all on the food he sent.He Xiaoxiao couldn't bear to ask any more, so he said, "Is Junior Sister Luo there? I'll go find her myself."

Disciple Wanhua nodded, and He Xiaoxiao turned around and walked towards the backyard.The entire medical office was also deadly silent, and there was no sound in the surroundings.He heard a faint commotion in the house, probably because of the food he brought, and everyone became agitated.He Xiaoxiao searched around, but did not find Luo Xiaoxue's shadow.He was in a hurry, so he dragged other people to ask, but no one knew.There is also nothing to eat in the medical office for a long time. The grass roots and bark in the city, birds and gophers have become the food in the medical office now.These things are very insufficient, everyone doesn't have enough to eat, no matter how elegant and boundless they are, they can't withstand the famine, and they have long been thrown out of the sky.He Xiaoxiao went out and searched around, but he didn't find Luo Xiaoxue either.He was in a hurry, until the food here was ready, and everyone competed for food, but still couldn't find Luo Xiaoxue.

He Xiaoxiao was very anxious, but he was not too worried about Gu Ping at the moment. He went to the north of the city with the government's epidemic prevention personnel, at least he could eat a few meals half-starved, so he wouldn't starve to death.He looked around again, but suddenly heard a few noises behind him from the small building where the medical department usually stores medicinal materials.The weeds in the backyard were almost tall, but the rest were bitter and inedible.This small building was originally dilapidated, and weeds were overgrown all around. Since the situation in the city was difficult, and there was no mention of seeing a doctor, almost no one came to this place.

He Xiaoxiao walked around a clump of weeds, and suddenly found Luo Xiaoxue curled up in a corner of the dilapidated staircase, with her face buried in her arms.

"Junior Sister Luo!" He Xiaoxiao called out.

Luo Xiaoxue raised her head upon hearing the sound, and He Xiaoxiao saw a blue and yellow face.The junior sister in my memory had a pink and white round face, which was really cute, but now both sides of the cheeks are completely sunken, the messy hair is gray, and with the sunken eye sockets, there are two deep blue curves.

He Xiaoxiao rushed forward, but Luo Xiaoxue struggled to retreat, looking frightened.The wooden stairs made a creaking sound, and dust fell down rustlingly.

"It's me, it's senior brother!" He Xiaoxiao looked at Luo Xiaoxue's panic-stricken face sadly, and called several times, but she didn't seem to recognize him.He Xiaoxiao seemed to think of something, and took out a bag of things from his bosom, some dry food and the like, he had selfish intentions, and always wanted to keep some for Gu Ping and Luo Xiaoxue privately.

Luo Xiaoxue didn't recognize him anymore, but when she saw something to eat, she seemed to be taken aback, grabbed it in her hand, and stuffed it into her mouth as if desperately.He Xiaoxiao stroked her disheveled hair distressedly, repeatedly telling her to slow down.His hands touched her shoulders. Under the dirty black robe, those shoulders were skinny and seemed to be cold in summer.There was silence all around, only the sound of Luo Xiaoxue's swallowing with difficulty.

"Slow down, slow down... Be careful of choking... I'll get you some water?" Before He Xiaoxiao finished speaking, Luo Xiaoxue coughed as if she was choking.He Xiaoxiao saw that thin shoulder arched in pain, and the choking cough made him at a loss, so he could only pat her on the back forcefully.

Luo Xiaoxue coughed for a long time before she stopped. She raised her unclean hand, wiped her mouth, panting continuously.Through the messy hair, He Xiaoxiao couldn't see her face.Until Luo Xiaoxue brushed her hair away with her hand, raised her head and stared at him.He Xiaoxiao saw her pale lips flutter, there was still something in her mouth that she hadn't swallowed, and her sunken cheek bulged up.

He couldn't speak.Luo Xiaoxue stared at him for a while, then suddenly blinked and burst into tears.

"Brother He, it's you..."

"It's me, it's me. Xiaoxue, don't cry, ah, don't cry." He Xiaoxiao hugged her and comforted her repeatedly, but Luo Xiaoxue cried louder and shivered in his embrace.He Xiaoxiao's heart ached, although he hadn't personally seen how she got here these days, but seeing the current situation, how could he not understand her situation these days.He comforted Luo Xiaoxue for a long time, but her crying did not stop, but became more urgent and miserable.He Xiaoxiao felt that something was wrong, he grabbed Luo Xiaoxue's shoulder, and said: "Junior Sister, what's the matter? Tell Senior Brother... What's the matter? Don't be afraid, I brought some food, save some food, enough to last you a long time Day, I will make arrangements when I get back, and I will definitely rescue you in the next few days, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid.”

"Senior brother..." Luo Xiaoxue raised her head, the wind was blowing her disheveled hair, trembling, He Xiaoxiao saw the fear in her eyes, "Senior brother... this month's Tiangui, until now...Senior brother, I Fear……"

She couldn't continue, buried her face in her arms, and choked up another miserable cry.

He Xiaoxiao was stunned.He didn't understand the meaning of Luo Xiaoxue's words for a moment, but he blurted out involuntarily: "You? Are you—"

He couldn't finish his sentence.Subconsciously, he wanted to ask Luo Xiaoxue if she was pregnant, but just as he started talking, there was another kind of chill in his heart, which made him instantly understand what Luo Xiaoxue meant.It is impossible for her to be pregnant, it is only possible that she has come to this point because of her extremely weak Qi and blood.It can't be blamed on him for not reacting, since Tian Gui never happened to this kind of thing for a long time, as a girl, it is absolutely impossible for her junior sister to mention it to him.

To what extent has she been so afraid that she will abandon the defense between men and women and talk about this matter to herself in despair?

He Xiaoxiao stood blankly, feeling his whole body was cold, so cold that he couldn't help shivering.He gritted his teeth and stretched out his arms to hold Luo Xiaoxue in his arms.

"...Master, senior brother... Will I die? I'm afraid...I'm afraid..." There was silence all around, only Luo Xiaoxue's choked voice lingered in his ears intermittently, like fear, more like It's asking for help, "...will, will I die...I don't want to die...I...don't want to die..."