whale wave

Outside the window, the remnant glow dyed the city, and the persimmon lamp in the Pinxiang Tower illuminated the bright red, and that touch of bright red was reflected in Zhao Youcheng's eyes, bleeding a bloody color.He held the book in his hand but didn't read it. He occasionally touched the crossbow on his lap and touched the arrow feathers with his fingertips.

The crossbow is well covered, covered under a thick and spacious wind robe.

At the gate of Pinxiang Building, people come in and out, and from time to time you can see the figure of a coquettishly dressed woman, and most of the visitors are men in brocade clothes, which is not surprising.It's like the persimmon lamp hanging on the signboard of the tea house has clearly reminded that going inside is not just for drinking tea and listening to music.

Zhao Yousheng was waiting for someone. He was already proficient in using the crossbow, and it was finally ready to be used.

To learn bow and arrow well requires years of practice, and it is even more difficult to achieve a hundred hits.Ballistas are much easier to learn, more accurate, and require only a little practice.

While waiting, Zhao Yousheng took a sip of tea. The tea was already cold, like the cold wind blowing from the half-closed window, which made people feel no warmth.

Different from the Pinxianglou, which is supposed to drink tea but actually seek pleasure, the tea house where Zhao Yousheng is located is very elegant, without the melodious voice of a singer, only a doctor of tea brings the tea, and if there is no order, the tea house will be served. will not appear again.

Among the various teahouses, some provide storytelling, some provide gambling, and some provide special services. Naturally, there are also such teahouses, which provide small rooms for guests to enjoy tea and read books quietly.

Looking down at the gradually fading tea foam in the bowl, bits and pieces of the previous life in the memory emerged one by one.Zhao Youcheng sank for a long time, his expression was gloomy, his hand holding the tea bowl trembled slightly, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

That year, the whole line of Jiangnan Road fell, and the enemy army approached Fuzhou.It is rumored everywhere that if Fuzhou cannot be defended, the enemy will attack Quanzhou, and people are panicking.

At that time, Zhao's father was stationed in Fuzhou, and Zhao's mother followed him.The two brothers Zhao Yousheng and Zhao Youqing stayed in Quanzhou City. Zhao Yousheng, 20, took the responsibility of taking care of his 13-year-old brother.

Soon, news of Fuzhou's defeat in the war came from ahead. Zhao Yousheng felt that Quancheng was no longer safe, so he decided to send Zhao Youqing to his grandfather's home in Haichang County.

Early in the morning, Zhao Yousheng helped Zhao Youqing pack his bags, and asked Wu Chu to send his younger brother to his grandfather's house.

Zhao Youqing was obviously not happy. He tore off the wind robe on his body, threw it on the ground, and questioned his brother: "Before my mother went to Fuzhou, my elder brother clearly promised to take care of me, but now he wants to drive me to my grandfather's house in Qiaodong. What's the reason? I won't go!"

My grandfather is old, and although my uncle treats him well, he still has a foreign surname, so it's not like being sent to another family to go there.He was supposed to take care of his elder brother, but he suddenly didn't want him anymore. The more he thought about it, the more sad and angry he became. Zhao Youjin, who was in adolescence, was quite rebellious in his heart.

With a sullen face, Zhao Youcheng grabbed his younger brother's arm and helped him put the wind robe back on.Zhao Youqing was not willing to wear it properly, and struggled again and again, shouting: "I'm not going!" Zhao Youcheng made a gesture to punch someone, Zhao Youqing immediately shrank back, gritted his teeth, and his eyes were red.

The elder brother is always so strong, he can't let him decide.

"Wu Chu, take him away and let my uncle take good care of him, and don't come back!" Zhao Youcheng said coldly.

Wu Chu and Ah Jin persuaded Zhao Youqing to get on the horse. He glared at his elder brother viciously, and said loudly, "When my parents come back, I will tell them that elder brother beats me every day and drives me to my grandfather's house!"

After finishing speaking, he wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Zhao Yousheng's expression was gloomy, as if his heart was scorched by something, he gritted his teeth in pain: "Go ahead and say it." He pumped his horse's butt hard, and rushed out of the courtyard with Zhao Youqing's horse on his back. Hugging the horse's neck in a panic, Wu Chu hurriedly chased it out and pulled the rein.

Seeing his brother's heartlessness, Zhao Youqing left angrily, and Wu Chu led the horse to escort him all the way.

Zhao Yousheng looked at the figure of his younger brother going away with a solemn expression. The current situation was turbulent, and now Fuzhou was facing fall, and his parents' life and death were unknown. Quanzhou would soon become a battlefield. He asked his younger brother to go to the countryside to avoid soldiers. He was planning ahead.At this time, he never imagined that it was his tough decision that saved You Qing's life.

"It's not early, the slaves are changing clothes for the officials."

Ah Jin bowed, lowered her head and did not dare to look at Zhao Youcheng, she was really afraid of him.

Zhao Youcheng remained silent, turned around and walked into the house, followed by Ah Jin, very respectful.

Zhao's house is lonely, the wind blows through the courtyard, only the rustling of clothes can be heard from the room.A man with a height of seven feet and a delicate woman are together in the same room, touching each other with their hands, there should be a charming feeling, but the man is indifferent and calm, and the woman bows her head and looks timid.

"You Sheng, the sheriff summoned us to discuss matters at the official shipyard, what are you busy with?"

There was a knocking sound outside the door, accompanied by human voices, Zhao Zhuangdie knocked on the door with a wooden stick, he knocked urgently, bumping and urging.

Across the door, Zhao Yousheng raised his head, Ah Jin was helping him straighten his collar, his slender fingers rubbed against his warm neck, Zhao Yousheng frowned: "Don't worry, just get dressed and go."

Zhao Zhuangdie put the wooden staff on the ground and rubbed the head of the staff inlaid with jade, unable to dispel his anxiety, "I heard from Duanhe last night that Fuzhou is about to be captured. Is there any news from your father?"

"No, now all the news is cut off." Zhao Yousheng pushed away Ah Jin's hand that was arranging the clothes on his body, and when his fingers touched, Ah Jin blushed.

Ah Jin opened the door, Zhao Zhuangdie leaned on the door with his stick, Zhao Yousheng went to get the crown and put it on, without turning his head, he said calmly, "I will go to Fuzhou tomorrow."

"You don't want to die?" His words made Zhao Zhuangdie almost fall, and hurriedly grabbed the wooden staff.Since riding a horse and breaking his leg a few years ago, Zhao Zhuangdie has often carried a cane.

Zhao Yousheng didn't have any expression on his face, as if he was blown stiff by the wind. Zhao Zhuangdie was used to his stinky face, but he still couldn't help saying: "Does the Huang family know that you are going to Fuzhou?"

"No need, if you say it, you will be blocked." Zhao Yousheng said coldly.

"I think if you wait a few more days, there may be news about your parents. Don't be in a hurry. Dude, don't let the young lady of the Huang family become a widow before she gets married." Zhao Zhuangdie put his hand on Zhao Yousheng's shoulder, he is short , have to stand on tiptoe.

Zhao Yousheng pushed Zhao Zhuangdie's paw away, so he was sympathetic to his lameness.

Zhao Zhuangdie originally wanted to find a place in the room to sit down and rest his sore feet, so Zhao Yousheng called him: "Let's go."

The two friends were traveling together, Zhao Zhuangdie was in a sedan chair, Zhao Yousheng was riding a horse, Zhuangdie's bridge was gaudy, at first glance it looked like a gentleman sending his little lady home to visit relatives.

Zhuang Die lifted the sedan chair curtain and talked to Zhao Youcheng all the way. He talked a lot, and Zhao Youcheng occasionally replied.The two passed through the post street, and there was a lot of noise. Although there were continuous wars outside and the world was not peaceful, the shops in Quancheng were still prosperous.

"I heard that Chen Yu came back from Mingzhou." Zhao Zhuangdie passed an alley, as if thinking of something.

"Oh." Zhao Youcheng didn't even raise his eyebrows.

Zhao Zhuangdie seemed very dissatisfied with his indifference, "You just said 'oh'? You used to be on good terms, what happened?"

Zhao Yousheng remained silent, tightening the reins in his hands.

"I heard that the son of Mingzhou Yang Gangshou also came back with Chen Yu. That kid seems to be called Yang Huan? I might meet them at the official shipyard today. The Yang family has money to help build warships, but I don't know how much it will cost? "Zhao Zhuangdie said to himself, regardless of whether Zhao Yousheng liked it or not, "You and I are in the same family, and the national crisis is at stake, but we can't pay much."

"How do you know that these sea merchants are of one mind?" Zhao Yousheng asked back.

"That's right. Chen Duanli said that he would unite with the southeast sea merchants and pay for recruiting soldiers. Who would have thought that there would be no news of him going to Lingnan. Now, everyone has rumored that he secretly communicated with the enemy army." Zhao Zhuangdie touched his face with a look on his face. Sadly, "But I don't know what Chen Yu thinks?"

Zhao Yousheng didn't talk to him, and he seemed to be a little irritable when he heard that he kept talking to Chen Yu, so he rode his horse and walked a long way.

Looking at his receding figure, Zhao Zhuangdie felt that he seemed to be running away from something.A year ago, Chen Yu suddenly went to Mingzhou alone, and lost contact with his friends.I always feel that it is mostly related to Zhao Yousheng, and there must have been something unknown to outsiders between the two.

The sedan chair was carried to the official shipyard. There were many soldiers inside and outside the factory. It seemed that the uniforms were the Xia family's Zuoyi army transferred from the water village.Two soldiers stopped the sedan chair, Zhao Zhuangdie got off the sedan chair, and entered the shipyard alone. He was about to dislike the many rules when he looked up and saw Zhao Duanhe waving at him, and Zhao Yousheng, who thought he was too wordy and abandoned him halfway, was also there.

Zhao Duanhe was dressed in a public uniform. If he hadn't fallen in front of him, he would have gone out to serve as an official. He just got his fame, but when the building was about to collapse, he might not have the opportunity to display his ambitions.

There was a lot of voices in the shipyard, and there were many familiar faces in the crowd, Zhao Zhuangdie was surprised: "There are a lot of people surnamed Zhao, and Zhao Jidao's bandit garrison is also there, he just counts money in the brothel, he doesn't care about the safety of the country. "

In the crowd, many children of the royal family brought their youngest sons. Zhao Youshenghu questioned Zhao Duanhe: "I didn't see so many people in the Shi family for sacrifices."

"It's the county guard's order to let the eldest son and the wealthy come here, not limited to young and old, where is Youqing?" Zhao Duanhe noticed that Zhao Youqing didn't follow.

While the two were talking, Zhao Youcheng noticed a man dressed as a martial artist walking around, as if he wanted to lean closer, and he whispered, "I'll be there in a while."

Judging from his posture and the saber on his waist, this man was obviously a soldier, probably patrolling in casual clothes.

Today, almost all the children of the royal family who lived in the spring were present, as well as local officials and representatives of the wealthy family. It was even possible to see a few students from the state gathered together, talking about ways to defend against the enemy.

Zhao Yousheng glanced at everyone, especially the Zuo Yijun stationed at the shipyard. The knives on their waists and the armor on their bodies were brand new, obviously they were newly recruited soldiers.

The local army is strong enough to defend the city.

Since the enemy army approached Fujian, under the call of the governor of Quanzhou, there have been countless rich and wealthy businessmen who have paid for the food. Of course, some of them did not do it voluntarily.

Among the brocade clothes, Zhao Yousheng didn't see Chen Yu, and he didn't think he was looking for him in the crowd.The venue for the banquet is Tingtao Building, they entered in groups of twos and threes, and only when they came to the door did they realize that they had to report to the house.

The eldest son and his family enter in the order of seniority and arrange seats.

Before Zhao Zhuangdie was dragged in by his brother Zhao Zhuangkun, he was still talking nonsense to Zhao Duanhe: "It's agreed to participate in state affairs, but it's like eating a wedding banquet."

It was noisy all around, Zhao Yousheng didn't hear what Zhao Zhuangdie said, only saw two dimples on his smiling round face.Zhao Yousheng was pushed forward by the people behind him, he went up the stairs and entered the second floor specially prepared for the eldest son.

The originally bright sky was covered by dark clouds at some point, and a rainstorm seemed to be brewing.

The heavy gate of the official shipyard was gradually closed under the push of the guarding soldiers. Among the noisy guests at the banquet, no one heard the clumsy and harsh sound of the wooden door turning.

Zhao Yousheng was not sure whether it was the person on the first floor or the second floor, so he was the first to exclaim. He only remembered that the wooden stairs were trampled by elite soldiers, like thunder drums. He was already full of suspicion when he saw the soldiers The moment he pulled out the sword, he suddenly overturned the big wooden table in front of him.

There were bursts of screams all around, and then the screams turned into cries of extreme fear, screams, overwhelming and deafening.The knife and ax swung, the splashed blood smeared the white wall, and the blood on the wall was layered on top of each other. In an instant, it was like hell on earth.

Zhao Yousheng snatched a knife from a soldier, his face was covered with warm blood, this blood was not his, but from the people around him.He swung a knife and stabbed an armored soldier to death, and used the armored soldier's body to resist the sword and arrow in front of him. He was stabbed in the abdomen, bleeding, and losing body temperature.

Exhausted, he leaned his back against the wall and slid down slowly. A few steps away, beside the overturned wooden table, lay many people moaning and dying.Someone cried and asked why in a pool of blood, over and over again, lamenting endlessly.

Zhao Youcheng raised his face, his eyes were slack, and he couldn't see the figure of the former man holding the knife clearly. The man kicked away the wooden table and knocked down the knife that Zhao Youcheng was trying to resist. He stabbed the knife sharply, and the blade pierced into Zhao Youcheng's chest.

"Why are you dawdling here? Hurry up and chase the escaped eldest son! The appeasement envoy has ordered that no one will be left alive!" A general scolded his subordinates. He was short and had a scar on his left eyebrow.

The cold knife was pulled out from his body, and Zhao Youcheng spat out a mouthful of blood. He staggered and tried to look up to see the speaker, but saw several soldiers leaving in a file. The knife in their hands fell into a large piece Yin Hong.

He is in charge of one side's military affairs and is supposed to be a consolation envoy to defend against the enemy, but he secretly communicated with the enemy army, and even made an agreement that as soon as the enemy army arrived, he would open the city gate and respond inside. The envoys designed with the county guards to recruit all the eldest sons by taking advantage of the matter of guarding the city, and cut the weeds and roots.

This plan was led by Liu Enshao, Fujian pacifier, Guo Yuhong, governor of Quanzhou, and Xia Qianshan, commander of the local garrison, with the participation of local wealthy merchants.

The memories of the previous life ended in a bloody mess. The tea bowl rested lightly on the tea table, his hands retracted, his fingers trembling slightly, Zhao Yousheng clenched his hands tightly, and then let go of his fists, his fingers stopped trembling, he held up the crossbow firmly, Put it on your shoulder and aim at the person opposite.

The persimmon lamp in Pinxianglou was brightly lit like a red persimmon, a few people walked out under the lamp, the light reflected on the red clothes of the singing girl, she was leaning against a burly man, and she was in love with him.Among the companions, they were all from the noble family, one of them was tall and tall, wearing a red robe, with his hands behind his back, looking towards the street market opposite, he was Chen Fan.

Zhao Yousheng hid behind the window, aimed the crossbow at Chen Fan's head, stopped for a while, and didn't pull the trigger, because he was not the target.The geisha suddenly pushed the burly man away, the burly man withdrew his hand from the geisha's skirt, smelled the fragrance, and the geisha returned to the teahouse with anger.The burly man came out and stood on the street. He waved at Chen Fan, as if saying goodbye.

At night, the streets are dimly lit, and there are few pedestrians on the street. There are voices of guests talking in the tea house, as well as the singing of singing girls. They didn't notice it at first, until they heard someone outside screaming as if in pain.

The burly man who was standing on the street was carried into the teahouse. He hugged his thigh, screaming and cursing incessantly from the pain.He was hit by an arrow in his right leg, and his pants were bloody, probably because of a broken leg bone, otherwise he would not have screamed so badly as a martial artist.

Zhao Yousheng closed the window lightly, quickly disassembled the crossbow, wrapped it with cloth, and hid it in the wind robe.Then, as if nothing had happened, he called Dr. Tea to serve another cup of tea, and asked, "What happened downstairs, so noisy?"

"Guest officer, it's really scary to say it! I don't know who has the guts to shoot Xia Qianshan, the grandson of Commander Xia!" Dr. Cha was as indifferent as tea, and he was shocked when he talked about what just happened.

"It's really appalling. Where did you get shot?" Zhao Youcheng looked shocked, but he didn't forget to sip his tea.

"It's right across the street, with persimmon lamps hanging." Dr. Tea pointed out the window, he looked back at the "Spring and Autumn" on the tea table, and praised: "Mr. Look, gather a crowd there."

Zhao Yousheng, who was praised by others, drank tea leisurely. He didn't stay in the tea house for long. When the patrolmen searched the small tea house from house to house, he had already left.

The Xia family was changing heirs, and a disabled person could not be the commander of the local garrison.

The author has something to say: Director: The Butterfly Effect, a small change will produce a huge change.This show is mainly about love.

Zhao Yousheng: With additional funds, the director will do a good job.