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How many days have you spent like this? Three days, five days, ten days, half a month, or has it been half a year? Life in the besieged city was undoubtedly extremely torturous.
In order to ensure that the food will not be exhausted in advance, the aristocratic families who are the face of Yuyi Town must set an example and lead everyone to save food and clothing. If there is a slight slack, there is no need for the enemy to invade the city. Once a rebellion breaks out in the city, it will be enough to overturn everything.
Among them, the Yuyi Zhao family’s approach was the most extreme. The owner of the family, Zhao Wei, seemed determined to go all out and donated his granary free of charge. At the same time, he ordered everyone in the Zhao family to obey the principle of "food will be distributed wherever it is urgently needed" - to deliver wine and meat to the frontline soldiers, guards, and hard-working workers, but not to those involved in fighting and construction. , just provide enough bland food to satisfy hunger.
On the streets, the bustling vendors and footmen seemed to have never existed. The small shops that used to sell wine and meat had no choice but to close down because their supply of goods was cut off. The Tavern Street, which had always been the most prosperous, became dead, with only a few drunkards wandering here. .
Now that the Zhao family has sworn to live and die with Yuyi Town, the remaining rich and wealthy people cannot escape. Even if they are just pretending, they must make themselves look thin due to hunger, so as not to fall into the trap. Criticism.
In addition, living in a besieged city is like having an executioner with a butcher's knife hanging over your head all the time, leaving you with no peace for a moment.
All things that are supposed to make people happy will always have a short and precious time; all things that are disgusting and scary, the time they stay in people's hearts will increase exponentially. But it happened that at this time, the coalition forces, which had been unable to attack for a long time, began to use the strategy of attacking the heart.
During the day, the Heba brothers and sisters from the west had people operating catapults, and at regular intervals they would throw the corpses of cattle that died of disease, as well as the corpses of women and men who died in horrible ways, into Yuyi Town. They didn't have a clear target, so the location where the bodies fell could not be predicted.
There would be no impact if the body fell on the street, but if it hit people's homes, it would inevitably cause a small-scale panic. In this way, day after day, everyone will become afraid, afraid that they will suddenly suffer unexpected disasters under the roof, on the road, or while doing things.
At night, the coalition forces of He Batao and Rouran in the north would set up bonfires and sing, dance and have fun all night long. They sang "Chile Song", ate barbecue, and drank goat's milk wine, feeling very at ease.
They raised flags and took turns beating drums, trying to convey this melancholy sound to the ears of everyone in Yuyi Town, and then shouted to them loudly: "Surrender, we will not kill the prisoners!"
The guards who were eating the food provided by the people in the town heard this and turned a deaf ear to these slanders because they did not want to betray the trust they owed to others. However, there was no guarantee that no one would be shaken and be fooled by this ruminative voice. The mind becomes weak and the spirit becomes depressed.
With such a shortage of food and being besieged on all sides, it was only a matter of the length of time that Yuyi Town was captured by the coalition forces. During this period, it was an extremely long day and night for the people of Yuyi Town.
Under the control of agents Su Qing and her younger sister, Yuyi Academy often sends its disciples everywhere to help people affected by disasters.
Those who had achieved some success in light-weight kung fu were sent to the front line as scouts to submit intelligence. Those who were already accomplished in medical skills followed Mr. Tao Wuyong to practice medicine. Those who were well-written and well-written set up platforms to give speeches in the streets and alleys to call on everyone to unite. consistent.
Everyone performed their duties, and such vitality once gave Zhao Xiaomei who witnessed all this some hope. Until one morning, a loud bang hit her boudoir, followed by a stench of rotten flesh that rushed to her nostrils.
The little girl looked at the pile of rotten flesh on the ground in disbelief. The bones were so distorted that she was afraid to confirm that the corpse in front of her was actually a woman.
Most of this woman's breasts were cut off, and her limbs were tied together to resemble a ball. Her face was completely unrecognizable because it was smashed straight to the ground. The little girl only saw an eyeball falling out and didn't dare to continue thinking about it.
"Someone's coming! Someone's coming!" she shouted eagerly: "Prepare horses and chariots, I want to get out of here!"
Zhao Xiaomei should have stayed at home and stayed away from the war, but this corpse suddenly drove her out of her beautiful fantasy. She panicked and ran away. She didn't even have time to put away her makeup and pack the books she always carried with her wherever she went. It happened that the Zhao family and his son were out on business that day, so the younger sister had an excuse to leave home and return to Yuyi Academy.
I recall that my father and brother forced my little sister to return home because they were worried about her personal safety. However, they would not tell her that no place in Yuyi Town was safe anymore. If they had not seen with their own eyes the tragedy caused by wars and disasters, , she may always feel that she can face it all calmly and calmly.
When she arrived at the academy, she went straight to the room where she usually stayed and rummaged through the cabinets. She hurriedly pulled out a small book filled with densely written words - these were articles she had written in her spare time, all based on oral The stories passed down and the facts witnessed with one's own eyes were written out of sudden inspiration.
She flipped through the chapter about Bai Feng and saw such childish writing. She couldn't help but laugh to herself: "Do you really exist?"
Compared to the shocking corpse, at this moment, the story of the young swordsman was as vague as a legend, even though it was a story written by Zhao Xiaomei herself.
"Of course, didn't you see this with your own eyes?" A frivolous middle-aged man appeared on the window sill and continued: "Miss Zhao, what happened to you again?"
"Su Qing?" The younger sister picked up the small book and was about to hide it, then replied: "How do you know!"
"I took a few sneak peeks while you were away." Su Qing jumped off the window sill in an extremely grandiose manner, pretending to be relaxed and smoothing his beard, and replied: "I didn't expect that I would be so famous in the eyes of Miss Zhao. Disciple."
"Aren't you? Well, a slut who was abandoned by his wife can be regarded as karma!" The younger sister was instigated by Su Qing and became very arrogant, but after a moment, her expression dimmed.
"Young Master Bai, will he come back..."
Su Qing lamented and said earnestly: "I don't know either. Maybe someone else has found a good place to live in seclusion. I don't know."
"You're talking nonsense, he's not that kind of person!" Zhao Xiaomei's eyes widened with anger, and she added, "I wouldn't be surprised if you did such a thing."
Su Qing laughed and said: "Miss Zhao, Miss Zhao, little sister! Then you are really wrong. I, Su Qing, will only give up and continue to pursue gold unless my feet are disabled and I can no longer walk." Silver jewelry, beauty Hu Ji!”
"Shameless!" As soon as the younger sister finished scolding, her tears suddenly flowed down uncontrollably. She seemed to regard Su Qing as someone to confide in, and said, "Actually, I'm really scared. If Bai Shaoxia really doesn't come back. I... Will I become one of those... Su Qing, if I am captured by the enemy, please take my life."
"Then it depends on whether you will frequently mention Xiang Chuchu's affairs in front of others in the future." Su Qing had no intention of comforting the other party, but instead tempted the younger sister to make long-term plans, saying only: "If you don't comply, I told people everywhere that you wanted to have a good relationship with that guy Bai Feng."
"You!" Zhao Xiaomei really didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "I shouldn't talk to you."
After finishing speaking, the little sister took the small book and hid it in her chest, and walked out angrily. After that, she stayed in the academy temporarily for two days, often staying with Ajuan. There were not many women in the academy, so the two of them were mainly responsible for taking care of the daily life of the crazy junior sister with tiger eyes.
With other things on her mind, the younger sister's mood gradually recovered a lot. Although the thought of the corpse in the boudoir was still vivid in her mind, she no longer felt so panicked. In the academy, she could see more things related to this war, including of course the latest news from the front line.
