Long Wind Crossing

    [BGM: Eternal Chang'an (Chengchi)]

    Gu Jiusi's crying stopped, Liu Yuru looked at the people on the ground and shouted: "What's the use of crying now? You cry, can father-in-law come back? Yang Wenchang can come back? Are you like this? Desperate yourself and become so depressed, can you change everything? Gu Jiusi, it's useless! It can't be done!"

    "You have to look forward," Liu Yuru's voice choked, "you still have me, and your mother, you have to move forward and look forward. You say you regret being sorry for your father-in-law, then now What? If you continue to cry like this and blame yourself like this, you have to wait and say it again later, you regret, do you regret not treating me and your mother well?!"

      You have to rely on yourself for what you want to fight for and what you want to get. Gu Jiusi, with me on the way, what are you afraid of?"

    Gu Jiusi did not speak, he stared at Liu Yuru blankly, after a long time, he suddenly stretched out his hand and hugged Liu Yuru tightly.

    He didn't say anything, he just closed his eyes and let all the choking go weak.

    They were deadlocked like this for a long time. Seeing that Gu Jiusi's mood had stabilized, Liu Yuru stood up and helped Gu Jiusi up.

    She brought water to Gu Jiusi and wiped his face for him. Gu Jiusi finally recovered at this time. He looked at her, but after a long time, he said, "I want to go back to Yangzhou tomorrow."

    Liu Yuru paused, and after a long time, she bowed her head in response.

    She went out to pour out the water, and when she came back, she finally said, "Are you going to rob prisoners?"

    "No."

    Gu Jiusi turned his head to look out the window, and said in a low voice, "Go and say goodbye."

    "He came back voluntarily. I can take him, but I can't take his whole family. He chose this path, so of course I can't force him."

    Liu Yuru didn't speak. After a long time, she sighed and said, "His family refused to listen to him, did he?"

    "His family never used to see him." Gu Jiusi's voice was hoarse, "He should have fled with his mother, and now he has settled his mother and returned."

    "He's so stupid." Gu Jiusi smiled and burst into tears, "How stupid."

    Liu Yuru sat quietly beside him and held his hand.

    Gu Jiusi didn't sleep much that night, so he kept talking to Liu Yuru about Gu Langhua, Yang Wenchang and Chen Xun, and his childhood.

    He didn't know what was going on, but seriously and carefully, he recalled all these people. He remembered it very clearly, even when he saw Yang Wenchang for the first time, he laughed at the little boy with a chrysanthemum embroidered on his clothes, and he remembered it clearly.

    When he arrived in Yangzhou City, Gu Jiusi went to Yang Wenchang's favorite restaurant to buy a jar of his favorite Xiaochunfeng, and then waited with Liu Yuru to the gate of the prison.

    Wang Shanquan asked people from all over the city to come out to observe the execution, so many people were already waiting on the street, and when the time came, Gu Jiusi and Liu Yuru saw Yang Wenchang.

    He didn't look very well, he looked a little haggard, but he was as arrogant as ever. When he saw people, he laughed and said: "Yo, I have so many people come to see me off, it seems Yang is also an extraordinary person."

    No one made a sound at the scene, the servants of the Yang family cried in a low voice in the crowd, Yang Wenchang's carriage swam towards Caishikou, but no one present threw him on him like a prisoner Everything, everyone watched him silently, like watching an unspeakable hero.

    Yang Wenchang didn't seem to be afraid, he even started singing when he was halfway.

    Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi kept their heads down and followed. They mixed in the crowd and listened to the boy singing a tune they were familiar with as if he was riding a horse through the street with them in the past.

    He sings that the water of the Yellow River will not come to the sky;

    He sang all the way, and the crying around him gradually became louder. When he knelt down and waited for the knife to fall, he no longer sang those juvenile poems. For the first time in his life, he remembered those too heavy poems Come.

    Xing, the people suffer; death, the people suffer.

    The surrounding area was full of people, and the Yang family was crying. Wang Shanquan sat above and asked the county magistrate to pronounce on Yang Wenchang's crime.

      Yang Wenchang looked at the wine, he was stunned for a while, after a while, he laughed out loud, he stuck his head out, and drank the wine in a big mouth, after drinking, Wang Shanquan said: "Yang Wenchang, can you? There's more to say."

    "Yes."

    Yang Wenchang raised his head and looked at everyone, he seemed to be looking for someone, and then his eyes fell on Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi, just swept away, and then said: "I Yang Wenchang once thought that the affairs of this world had nothing to do with me. If you don't ask about the world, you can ride a horse and watch the flowers, and you can have a lifetime of romance. But now I know that life is like a drop of water, and where this torrent goes, you have to be Rolling in the past, everyone is struggling in it, and no one can escape."

    When I said this, many people present had red eyes.

    And Gu Jiusi looked at him quietly, he didn't say anything, after crying all night, he had a strange calmness instead. He watched this playmate from childhood to adulthood, watching him laugh out loud, then the knife fell, the head rolled to the ground, and blood spurted out.

    There has never been a moment when he has such a profound understanding of what a troubled world is.

    There has never been a moment when he truly understands what an urgent and sincere desire he is to acquire thousands of rooms in a mansion.

    When he was reading and hearing this sentence, he only felt that the words fell on the top, heroic and sad, but when he listened to it like this, he felt that every word had a piercing pain.

    Until there was no one around, he watched the heavy rain wash away Yang Wenchang's blood, he stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and put his hand on his blood.

    Liu Yuru was watching for him, Gu Jiusi just let the blood and rain soaked his palm.

    "Wenchang," he said, "Go ahead, I will help you realize your wish."

    Gu Jiusi knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times, then stood up, grabbed Liu Yuru's hand, and walked away without looking back.

    Liu Yuru followed behind him, Gu Jiusi was very calm, they got past the city gate guards and left Yangzhou City. Outside the gate of Yangzhou, is the carriage they bought.

    Because the Gu family left by water, Wang Shanquan has now strengthened the supervision of ships, and only the latest official documents can be taken by water. Therefore, Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi simply gave up the idea of ​​water routes and switched to land routes.

    So they bought a carriage, parked outside before coming to Yangzhou, and let the coachman wait for them. When they came back, Liu Yuru got into the carriage to count the luggage, and Gu Jiusi followed the coachman beside him to learn how to drive the carriage.

    He learned fast, and when the driver took them to the next city, he had already learned almost.

    The two of them stayed in the city for one night. The accommodation cost in the city did not go up, but the food cost was much higher. When entering the room, Gu Jiusi looked at her with a frown and said, "What's wrong?"

    "If the money for food continues to rise like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach Youzhou."

    Gu Jiusi was stunned for a while, then he pursed his lips and said, "Then let's save more of what we can save."

    "That's the only way." Liu Yuru sighed.

    Gu Jiusi nodded. They slept together at night, Gu Jiusi turned his back to her, Liu Yuru didn't know whether he was asleep or awake, she thought about it, and finally reached out and hugged him from behind, and said with some worry, "If you are sad, just say Come out, don't hold back like that."

    "It's fine." Gu Jiusi said softly, "Don't worry."

    "Jiusi," Liu Yuru put her head on his back and said with difficulty, "I'm afraid of you."

    Gu Jiusi didn't speak, he watched the night quietly, he actually knew exactly what Liu Yuru was afraid and worried about, but he couldn't say it. After a long time, he finally said: "Yuru, it's not that I don't want to cry. I just can't cry suddenly."

    He looked at the dark night, his expression numb: "In a lifetime, you should grow up. You don't have to worry, I probably..."

    "Just grow up."

    Liu Yuru listened to this, she couldn't help hugging Gu Jiusi tightly.

    How much she thinks that this person will not grow up in her life, how much she thinks that they will be the same all their lives as before. Others scolded him as a sack, a dude, and said he was arrogant, self-willed, and arrogant.

    Better than today.

    She wanted to cry, but couldn't cry, she gritted her teeth, not wanting to disturb him.

    Gu Jiusi sensed her emotions, he turned around, took the person in his arms, and sighed deeply.

    "Yuru," he felt a little sore eyes, but still said, "The rough jade is real, but the polished jade also has its beauty. You don't need to feel sorry for me, in this life , there will always be something. I remember them well, I have experienced it, and that's enough."

    "In fact, Wenchang is right, people are like water droplets, where can there be true peace and tranquility? If I don't stand up, someone else will stand up and support me. If so, then it is me Stand up."

    Gu Jiusi closed his eyes and said with some pain, "I don't want to experience this kind of powerless pain again in my life."

    "I understand..."

    Liu Yuru said, "I understand."

    He held her that night and never let go. Liu Yuru didn't know whether he was warming her, or whether he regarded her as a warm stone, warming himself.

    The next morning, they got up early, Gu Jiusi was driving the carriage, and Liu Yuru was sitting in the carriage. Although they had a lot of entanglements, Liu Yuru didn't know what was going on in front of them and didn't dare to eat more. Gu Jiusi was busy on his way, so Liu Yuru fed him and he ate.

    Three days later, they left Huainan and set foot on the land of Qingzhou. Between Yangzhou and the capital of Youzhou, there are two prefectures, Qingzhou and Cangzhou. After stepping into Qingzhou, the atmosphere is obviously not right. There are refugees everywhere, walking on the road in groups. The two walked for a day, and only saw the first city in the evening. Gu Jiusi and Liu Yuru entered the city together. After asking the prices of the stores, they found that the prices of each store were bizarrely high. After thinking about it for a while, Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi decided to sleep in the carriage together and bought a few steamed buns with the store. Gu Jiusi casually chatted with the store, "Did all the refugees outside come from fighting?"

    "There are those who are fighting, and some are from Cangzhou."

    "Cangzhou?" Gu Jiusi frowned, and the other party nodded: "Yes, Cangzhou, this year, Cangzhou has suffered a severe drought, and it has caught up with the war, and the court can no longer control it, there are refugees everywhere, alas ."

    The shopkeeper sighed, Gu Jiusi did not speak, he took the steamed buns and returned to the car with Liu Yuru, and sighed: "I'm afraid the road behind is getting worse and worse."

    "There is no other way."

    Liu Yuru frowned: "There are no ships around, so I can only go down."

    Gu Jiusi nodded and said nothing more.

    In the next few days, the closer to Cangzhou, the more refugees.

    The streets are often mixed with horse-drawn carriages and homeless people, who are desperately chasing the horse-drawn carriage and begging loudly.

    Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi didn't dare to give food, there was a woman who wanted to be ruthless and stopped in front of the carriage, Gu Jiusi had no choice, Liu Yuru listened inside, rushed out in a hurry, and said angrily: "Let go !"

    The other party was holding a child, her face was no longer human, she looked at Liu Yuru pleadingly, and said hoarsely: "Madam, my child is only two years old, I beg you , alright, alright..."

    Liu Yuru's hand trembled slightly, she looked at the person in front of her, she almost wanted to say yes, but at this moment, steamed buns were suddenly thrown out of the carriage of a wealthy businessman in front.

    Everyone rushed up, Liu Yuru saw those people like crazy, rushing over and fighting, and the rich businessman standing in front was just a teenager. : "The steamed buns are all given to you, how can you be so greedy?!"

    The refugees completely ignored his words, Liu Yuru watched as more and more people rushed over and overturned the carriage, and the boy was dragged down, and everyone was pulling his clothes , and then slowly drowned in the refugees.

    Liu Yuru closed her eyes in pain.

    And Gu Jiusi couldn't bear to look anymore.

    They all know that this young man is too innocent and kind. In the face of life and death, for most people, where is the bottom line?

    These are all hungry beasts. Once they show weakness and swarm up, there is no way to survive.

    Liu Yuru handed the knife to Gu Jiusi, and said hoarsely: "If there are still people picking up the carriage, don't be merciful."

    Gu Jiusi lowered his eyes and whispered, "I understand."

    He pinned the knife to his waist, the woman went and returned, Gu Jiusi suddenly pulled out the knife and shouted, "Get out of here!"

    The woman was shocked, everyone looked at Gu Jiusi's knife, and after a long time, everyone slowly dispersed to make way out.

     While Liu Yuru was sitting in the carriage, she gasped deeply and felt a panic in her chest.

    Where did the wicked do so easily?

    That night, Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi didn't dare to sleep in the carriage anymore, they finally went to an inn, fortunately, the inn is not expensive now, it's all food, Liu Yuru had nightmares at night, she dreamed Seeing that woman's child in the daytime burst into tears, crying and crying and losing her breath, she hugged the child with blood and tears in her eyes, and said hoarsely: "You killed my son! You killed my son!"

    Liu Yuru screamed and woke up, and was hugged into her arms by Gu Jiusi.

    "Don't be afraid," Gu Jiusi hugged her tightly and comforted: "Yuru, don't be afraid when I'm here."

    Liu Yuru was panting rapidly, she raised her head with difficulty, looked at Gu Jiusi, and said in a panic, "I dreamed of that woman..."

    "She's dead...she looks like she's dead..."

    "Yuru!" Gu Jiusi shouted loudly and woke her up, Liu Yuru was stunned, she looked at Gu Jiusi for a long time, tears welling up in her eyes.

    "Sorry..."

    She cried out: "I don't know what's wrong with me, I...I'm sorry..."

    She didn't even know who she was saying sorry to or what she was crying for, but Gu Jiusi didn't ask. He just looked at her, and when he saw her crying, he was so flustered, he hurriedly hugged her, involuntarily lowered his head and kissed her forehead, softly said: "It's okay, Yuru, I'm here, no one can hurt you .I am here."

    Liu Yuru finally calmed down, she leaned on Gu Jiusi and said nothing.

    After a long time, she said hoarsely: "The carriage can't be asked for. Go on, the goal is too big."

    Gu Jiusi understood what Liu Yuru meant.

    He answered.

    The next day, they sold the carriage. Instead of selling silver, they exchanged a lot of grain. Gu Jiusi even changed a bag of wine and hung it on his belt in case of emergency.

    The two sold their horses and began to migrate with the refugees. They disguised themselves as refugees, begging rich merchants on the roadside together, dressed in rags.

     Halfway through Cangzhou, they found that there were fewer and fewer people, the sun was getting more and more savage, and dry cracked land could be seen everywhere.

    The city of Cangzhou was no longer allowed to enter, so they stayed outside the city gate with the refugees. It was very cold at night, and they leaned against each other to keep warm. Liu Yuru thought with him about when they would be able to reach Youzhou, and what they were going to do when they got there.

    Liu Yuru was hungry, she hadn't eaten meat for a long time, so she kept describing: "I want to open a restaurant, be the owner of it, and eat delicious food every day."

    “I want to eat Dongpo pork, sweet and sour pork loin, Mapo tofu…”

    "Actually, I also like spicy mouth, I want to invite a cook from Shu..."

    Gu Jiusi listened to Liu Yuru talking, he was also hungry, and when everyone fell asleep, he quietly took a small piece of cake from his arms and handed it to Liu Yuru.

    Liu Yuru took the cake and wanted to share it with him. The cake was less than the size of a palm, Gu Jiusi shook his head and said, "I've eaten it, you can eat it."

    Liu Yuru didn't believe it: "I didn't even see you eat it, why did you eat it?"

    Gu Jiusi smiled: "I just ate it quietly, it was too fast, you didn't see it."

    Liu Yuru raised her hand and pushed his head: "You think I'm stupid."

    Speaking, she divided the cake into two halves, one for each person.

    The two did not dare to eat too fast, so they took small bites.

    Liu Yuru leaned against Gu Jiusi, looked at the stars in the sky, chewed the cake in her mouth seriously and said, "I haven't looked at the stars for many years."

    "Look before?"

    "Look." Liu Yuru said without hesitation, "When I was a child, I was fine, so I loved watching the stars. I really wanted to know whether the stars lived in the gods or the deceased. I used to have a younger brother."

    Liu Yuru said suddenly, Gu Jiusi was a little surprised, "Huh?" "And then?"

    "No more."

    Liu Yuru sighed: "My mother said it was an accident, but I always think my father's concubine did it."

    "Actually, I'm very afraid of this kind of man with three wives and four concubines," Liu Yuru said, suddenly remembered something, and quickly explained, "I'm not jealous, I just think that being a parent, there are You might not even be able to save your life. It's terrible for a woman in the back house to be cruel."

    "Don't worry." Gu Jiusi chuckled, "I won't have three wives and four concubines."

    "You have to be able to have it too." Liu Yuru said subconsciously, "Let's all share a piece of cake now, what about a few more?"

    Gu Jiusi choked, he couldn't help saying: "Although the situation is a little worse now, the future will be better."

    Liu Yuru pursed her lips and chuckled, Gu Jiusi was a little unhappy, he felt that Liu Yuru did not take his words to heart, so he said: "Don't look down on me now, when I get to Youzhou, go to seek help In the future, I will definitely let you follow me to eat delicious and spicy food, and you can eat whatever you want."

    "I know what to eat in your heart?"

    "And money."

    Liu Yuru leaned against Gu Jiusi and felt happy to hear him speak. The two were silent for a while, and Liu Yuru suddenly said: "You said, if, I mean, if we reach the last moment, when you die or I die, will you leave me the last piece of cake, or the last sip of water? ?"

    Gu Jiusi was stunned, Liu Yuru sighed: "How did I ask such a question? Don't mind, I..."

    "I don't know." Gu Jiusi said, Liu Yuru was stunned, she didn't know why, she felt a little uncomfortable, but she understood. But then she listened to Gu Jiusi: "What I'm thinking about now is that not only will I give you the last sip of water and a piece of cake, but I also hope that I can give you the cut meat to eat, and pour the blood for you to drink. , I will also send you back to Youzhou."

    "But people are unpredictable." Gu Jiusi raised his eyes and looked ahead, "It's easy to make an oath, but if you really do it for a minute, can you do it?"

    "I don't know."

    He turned his head and smiled: "Perhaps only at that moment will I really know. And what I am not sure about, I will never promise you in my life."

    "I will do what I promise you, so you can rest assured."