[Cehua] The wind and rain are like dark

The weather was fine, but the atmosphere in the city was still oppressive.When He Xiaoxiao returned to the medical office, he didn't see many people along the way.There is no business on the street anymore, and most people hide what they have only for fear of running out.He Xiaoxiao thought so, and when he was about to arrive at the medical office, he ran into Gu Ping.Gu Ping seemed to be out to buy something, but when he saw He Xiaoxiao, the look on his face was also helpless.

"What are you doing here...?"

"I wanted to buy something at first, but now it's great. What can I buy? There is nothing."

He Xiaoxiao shook his head and smiled: "Let's make do with it, the rebels have retreated this time."

"I heard about it." The medical department is affiliated with the government, and the news is still quick. Gu Ping agreed while shaking his head and sighing at the empty street, "It's a good thing not to go out. It is said that the rebels have retreated. These people should be better. There's no need to be so nervous."

Looking at Gu Ping's expression, He Xiaoxiao knew that his junior brother didn't know what was going to happen next.As Li Jin said, if the rebels retreat this time, they will definitely come back again.When they will come back again, I am afraid no one will know, but the annihilated Spike Army has [-] people, and it has lost a lot of luggage, so it will take some time to rest.He Xiaoxiao thought about it carefully, and didn't plan to tell Gu Ping about it.Because in the final analysis, these are Li Jin's personal words after all, and if he talks about it everywhere and there are rumors, it will be a troublesome thing.The two walked back slowly on the empty street. He Xiaoxiao was silent for a long time, and said: "I heard that the official road in the rear is still safe for the time being. After the rebels retreat this time, they will probably be able to open the city gate. If there is something, buy it as soon as possible."

Gu Ping nodded.The pale winter sun shines directly from the top of the head, but it is not warm, only a kind of lonely cold.The city is obviously full of people, but at this moment, every house is closed, and it looks like a half-empty city.As he walked, Gu Ping seemed to think of something, and said, "By the way, senior brother, you don't have to go to the medical office. There are no new wounded people here, and there were not many people before. We have enough people, and we just wait for them." Just recover, you'd better go back and live." He Xiaoxiao didn't refuse, he felt restless in his heart, he couldn't calm down when doing anything, it's better to stay alone.Thinking of this, the two broke up at the intersection and went back separately.

He Xiaoxiao returned to his residence, and after a few days, there was nothing to do anyway, and then he remembered that he had been idle for such a long time, and originally came here with Tiance's army because following them, there was always something to draw, Now that I've been here for so long, I didn't draw anything seriously, but I painted something that made me lose face.When he thought about it, his cheeks began to turn red again, his eyes swept across the painting case, and he quickly found the painting from a pile of papers.Thinking of how Li Jin teased himself that day, he wanted to tear up the painting, but after thinking about it, he couldn't bear it, so he rolled it up and put it in a corner.After pondering for a while, he took out another roll of paper and spread it out on the painting table.In the past, Li Jin teased him that his paintings had no real meaning. Although he was romantic and sentimental, it was not real.Now in the city, although he has not been able to see the scenes of the soldiers of the garrison going out of the city to fight with his own eyes, he can see the dead and wounded people in the medical office every day, and he can also see the silence of the street like a deep winter forest. I can also feel the brutality of the battle and the fear it brings to people.As for himself, he has nothing to be afraid of. He cut off his kinship at a very young age. His master passed away a few years ago, and he has no apprentices. Anyway, he has one life. I'm so worried.

It's just that he thought of Li Jin.It seems that for Li Jin, I have an extra reason to be afraid.He Xiaoxiao rubbed his eyes, picked up his brush and wanted to draw.Since Li Jin said that his paintings have no real meaning, it is not bad to try to paint something with real meaning.He took a closer look at the drawing paper, but quickly started to write.If you want to draw, just draw a scene in the city, starting from the city tower, the army is fighting bloody battles, and inside the city, the people are worried and fearful.He has confidence in his painters, and there is no reason for his painting to be bad.He Xiaoxiao roughly compared the size and layout, first changed to lower case, and carefully outlined a few rough architectural baselines.Li Jin's laughter seemed to be still in his ears, laughing at him for not drawing well, and the helplessness and alienation he heard when he asked him if he was short of food.He Xiaoxiao drew a few strokes, and suddenly felt that he couldn't continue to draw. He knew what he wanted to draw, and he knew that he could draw it, but he didn't want to do it at all, he just wanted to sit and think wildly.In the alley behind the house, the sound of children laughing and playing began to be heard again at some point. Although no matter what the situation, the children are always carefree, but since they can come out to play, at least it shows that the rebellious The news of the army's retreat has spread to the city in the past few days.

I haven't gone out for the past few days, so I don't know anything.While thinking about it, he slowly moved the drawing paper to the other side, then stretched out a pen to dip the ink in the inkstone, then dragged a piece of paper casually, and slowly wrote a few words.He thought while writing, and didn't realize what he was writing until he finished writing.

A hundred years are the same as Xie Xishan's day, and thousands of years will last forever.

He Xiaoxiao stared at the line.The last stroke of the word Chen, I don't know if it was because of shaking hands or something, but a large ink blotch appeared, which looked very ugly.He Xiaoxiao stared at the two lines he wrote for a long time—his own words were obviously nothing like the words he saw on the letterhead that day, but when he looked at them, he felt that the words had changed vividly. It became the same handwriting as before, and rushed towards me with teeth and claws.He Xiaoxiao put down his pen, pressed the paper on the painting table with one hand, rested his chin with the other hand, and stared at it in a daze.This is a poem describing a lover who is willing to live and die together and never be separated—the words on the letter were written by Li Jin—it was indeed written by Li Jin.But what did he mean by writing this?The letter was yellowed and looked like it had been for several years. It was obviously not addressed to He Xiaoxiao, but to someone else.He Xiaoxiao originally thought that with his carefree temperament, he would not care about these old times, but when he was really in love, he realized that this was not the case.What don't you care about, how can you not care about it?He thought for a while, and suddenly remembered that old crown feather.Li Jin said that it belonged to an old friend who died in battle.When he spoke, his expression was subtle, and it was difficult for He Xiaoxiao to discern clearly what was hidden in that expression.

The more he thought about it, the more annoying he felt, and the more annoying he felt, the more he couldn't draw anything.I was thinking wildly when I heard a knock on the door outside.

"Who?"

"It's me, Xiao Xiao, open the door."

It was Li Jin who was thinking about him, and he just came here.He Xiaoxiao quickly tidied up the picture case, walked over to open the door.Li Jin's injury seemed to heal quickly, and it was indeed not too serious. At this time, he was already walking very freely, and there was no obvious inconvenience.He looked around, but He Xiaoxiao hadn't fully recovered from the previous daze, he just stared at him blankly with a pair of eyes open.

Li Jin seemed to notice the strange look in his eyes, touched his face, and said with a smile: "Why are you staring at me? What's on my face?"

He Xiaoxiao seemed to come back to his senses suddenly, and said, "Are you healed?"

"It's almost there. It's nothing to bother me. I'm not on duty today. I thought you were in the medical office. I went there for nothing. Your brother told me that you've come back here a long time ago." Li Jin said with a smile, his tone With a bit of usual ridicule, "Xiao Xiao, your junior brother is really scary, I just asked him where you are, his eyes," he said, stretching out two fingers to gesture in front of his eyes After a while, he made a direct visit gesture, "Just stare at me like this, as if I can do something to you."

"Tch!" He Xiaoxiao rolled his eyes at him, "Look at how promising you are. As a junior, I have grown up in the valley, and I am a character. Even when we are doing homework together, with him around, no one dares to be lazy. !"

"Tsk tsk." Li Jin shook his head and smacked his lips with a smile, "I've been afraid of such a person since I was a child. I've been controlled all day long, and I can't play happily. It's better..." He seemed to get carried away while talking, and suddenly Seeing He Xiaoxiao staring at him, he immediately stopped and changed his words, "Oh, why are you looking at me like that! Ten times scarier than your junior brother!"

He Xiaoxiao was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "You come." Li Jin didn't know why, so he grabbed his wrist and dragged him to the painting table. He Xiaoxiao picked up a pen, dipped it in the ink, and handed it to Li Jin: " How many words can you write for me to read?"

"Ah?" Li Jin was stunned, feeling at a loss while holding the pen, "What to write? I don't even know a few words except the name, how do I write it?"

Who knew that He Xiaoxiao had already expected that he would say this, so he took out another piece of paper from the side, handed it in front of him, and said, "I can't write, so I will always draw a ladle like a gourd? Master Li, just do it like that." Are the few words I wrote finished?" Li Jin took a closer look, and saw the black and white words on the paper, two clear lines of poetry.A hundred years are the same as Xie Xishan's day, and thousands of years will last forever.He was stunned, looked up at He Xiaoxiao, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Xiao Xiao, don't joke with me, if you can't write, you can't write, and it's ugly when you write it. What can you write?"

"Where are you talking so much nonsense? I just want to read, can you write?" He Xiaoxiao looked at him with a smile.But Li Jin could see that the tails of his upturned eyes were hidden in the long black hair hanging down on both sides, and there was no smile in the exposed black and white eyes, but it seemed that two clusters were hugging each other heavily. Preoccupied with anger.Li Jin's hand holding the pen tightened. He was silent for a moment, then suddenly put the pen aside, and stretched out his hand to pull He Xiaoxiao.He Xiaoxiao didn't resist either, and sat down very obediently.Li Jin embraced him with both hands, poked his head from behind his shoulders, brushed the long hair on He Xiaoxiao's cheeks with the tip of his nose and lips.He whispered against He Xiaoxiao's cheek.

"Xiao Xiao, did you see something?"

"Yes, I saw it." After all, He Xiaoxiao didn't like to beat around the bush. He had been thinking wildly for two months, and he had almost reached the end of his patience. Hearing Li Jin's question, he immediately turned his head and said in a strange tone, "It's not me. I wanted to look through your things, but I saw it by accident. If you want to be angry, then be angry, I am wrong anyway. I can read that word, and it was clearly written by you——Li Jin, what else can you tell me? of?"

Li Jin was silent for a while before he said: "...Xiao Xiao, you think too much. The words on the letterhead were indeed written by me. But they were just written to old friends. You are a disciple of Wanhua, so you must be It is clear that although the poems originally have a meaning, they are not limited to just that one meaning. You also know that it is impossible for everyone to return home safely. The old comrades passed away, and I just miss them. "

His expression was still a bit shy, but He Xiaoxiao heard it, but felt for no reason that what he said was not a lie.Although he still had doubts in his heart, he also vaguely sensed that there was a reason for everything, including the first time he met Li Jin, why he was being attacked by the crowd, and the way he spoke seemed to have some hidden reasons .He Xiaoxiao was silent for a while, then turned his head and kissed him, then changed the subject naturally: "Last time you said you went out of the city to collect grain...can you go out of the city now?"

"It's okay to go out of the city," Li Jin nodded, "but...to be honest, going out of the city to raise food at this time can't raise much."

Right now it is the cold winter season, and the crops for the next season have just been planted. I am afraid that the people in the surrounding areas only have the grain left over from the autumn of the previous year. With the war, the tax has increased. I don’t know if these grains will be enough for the people in the prefecture and county. For food, if they forcefully expropriate again, I'm afraid there will be another turmoil.Before He Xiaoxiao asked, Li Jin shook his head and said, "We have also heard from above, if it is really impossible, we can only go to the city first to collect food from the rich households."

"Ah..." He Xiaoxiao was taken aback, "This sounds difficult, doesn't it? Is it possible?"

"Is there anything feasible or not?" Li Jin's voice suddenly turned cold, and He Xiaoxiao could hear a sense of course, "The collection is the collection, there is no room for bargaining."

In fact, their worries were obviously not superfluous. About two months later, An Sijie led the Spike Army to make a comeback and besiege the city again.This time the siege of the city was no different than last time, the Spike Army had experience in previous battles, and this battle began to become more difficult.They are guarding the high and steep city, other things are easy to say, as long as there is enough food and grass, there is nothing to worry about.It's just to take turns to change people to go to the city to be on duty.The Spike Army has tens of thousands of people, and has been besieging the city for a long time. Although the surrounding terrain is open, they can be attacked at will, but with such a large army, food is also a big problem.At this time, it was already March in a blink of an eye, and it was the time when the green and yellow were not picked up. Even if the Spike Army looted everywhere, there was nothing to confiscate.

This second siege of the city was extremely difficult, and the time was gradually pushed to May, when the first batch of crops began to mature. The Spike Army supported it until this time, and began to show the advantage of a long-term war, and immediately sent people to collect food in surrounding counties and counties.The situation in the city is much worse. He Xiaoxiao went to the medical office several times to find his younger brothers and sisters. He heard that in recent days, more and more people were sick and weak due to insufficient food. I can try my best to maintain it, but in the final analysis, even if the west wall is repaired, there is no east wall to tear down.The atmosphere in the city is different from the completely dead depression during the first siege, but gradually adapting to the depression, turning the depression into a habit.All trading was completely stopped, and everyone could not even go out, for fear of wasting energy on unnecessary walking.The Spike Army continued to attack, Zhou Shousong had no choice but to send people out of the city to fight again.They are an elite team of strategists, each one counts as ten, and they are all good fighters.After fighting hard for more than a month, the Spike Army lost soldiers and generals again.

Spike General An Sijie did not expect that this city would be so unshakable.Soldiers are easy to handle, and they are not short of men anyway, but the loss of generals has become a major obstacle to continuing to fight.Previously, the siege in the first month of the month was fruitless, but a disastrous defeat. He had already suffered a lot from An Qingxu.However, this strategist in the city is based on favorable terrain and is extremely brave, it really makes people feel helpless even though they hate it.An Sijie thought about it again and again, and finally decided to retreat again in preparation for a comeback.Before leaving, he simply plundered all the grains that had only matured this season in the surrounding counties, leaving the city alive as a lonely boat in the boundless barrenness.

The siege lasted until the end of May before it was lifted again.After the siege was cleared, the first order Li Jin and others received was to collect food from the rich households designated by the government to pay for the army.