Late at night, all is silent, time seems to pass quickly, fast as if a sleep for several years.
Embroidery bed, damask messy.
Li Shu pajamas half-covered half-open, spring light leaked, shoulder half exposed, skin as white as milk, the whole person is like a sleeping beauty as comfortable nest in Zhu Pingan armpit, a head of green silk loosely pulled, as smooth as running water, sleepy eyes, long and curved eyelashes such as butterflies resting gently fluttering, delicate jade hand trembled twice, grasping the futon, as if the dream encountered something bad like.
The eyelashes fluttered even more.
The hand also gripped tighter.
Breathing rapidly
Then the eyes opened, dreamlike and sleepy. Even if they weren’t sleepy, her aura-filled eyes gleamed brighter than the star of enlightenment hanging in the cloudy sky outside the window.
Whew.
So it was a dream.
Scared the hell out of me.
However, what kind of dream did I just have, why can’t I remember it at all, I only remember it was a nightmare.
Fortunately, it was just a dream.
Li Shu’s delicate hand rubbed her eyes and looked out of the window, seeing the star of enlightenment and the morning sun on the eastern horizon.
It’s dawn.
Last night before going to bed all explained, today to get up early, how the painting, qin’er these two girls did not come to call themselves up, are oversleeping. Today to go to swim in the lake, to pack things in advance ……
Forget it.
I’ll get up first, I’ll pack them up later.
Li Shu slender jade hand holding the bed, gently from Zhu Pingan shoulder get up, leaning against the brocade soft collapse sit up, look down at the sleeping Zhu Pingan, can not help but guffawing smile, childishness, slender jade hand to hold up a lock of green silk, to tickle Zhu Pingan nose and lips itch.
However, when the green silk was about to touch Zhu Ping An, Li Shu changed her mind and stopped the action.
Forget it.
This big bad guy did all the bad things last night and slept so late, it’s better to let him sleep a little longer.
Li Shu stretched out her delicate jade hand, gently stroked Zhu Pingan’s long and slender eyebrows, leaned down and planted a kiss on Zhu Pingan’s forehead, then gently got up and got out of the bed, put on her clothes, and washed and cleaned up.
Prepare the morning meal
Arranging for the maids to pack the things needed for the trip out to the lake.
Everything was in order.
After breakfast, Li Shu asked someone to call Ruiguo’er and Niu Niu to go to the lake together, which was promised to them yesterday. However, when the group of people walked out of the gate of Linhuai Marquis Mansion, they met several eunuchs and a team of jinyiwei who came from the West Garden.
The leading eunuch was holding a scroll of imperial decree, which came to declare the decree to Zhu Pingan.
This imperial decree interrupted the tour plan.
It was much more than that.
Not only did this imperial decree interrupt the travelling plans, it also interrupted Li Shu’s life. The decree reads: It has been found that Zhu Ping’an framed Gao Botai, the commander of the Xicheng Military Division, and should have been heavily punished, but in view of Zhu Ping’an’s past achievements, he has been relegated to the position of money and grain officer of Su Song’s two provinces to supervise the anti-Japanese grain and grass matters, and he will go to his post immediately to make amends for his sins.
The wording of this holy decree is very harsh, like a thunderbolt in the sky, so that Li Shu flabbergasted on the spot.
Zhu Pingan impeached Gao Botai thing, Li Shu also knows. However, Li Shu did not worry too much, not only because Zhu Pingan grasp is very big, Li Shu himself also analysed, think there will not be a problem, first of all, regardless of the Gao Botai encroachment of cantonment is true or not, that is, Gao Botai with power for personal gain, abuse of power, forcibly defamed, tied as a superior officer of the Zhu Pingan this one thing, Gao Botai deserved to be punished.
However, Li Shu never thought, Jiajing emperor like blind, medicine also ate the wrong like, even ignored the facts and justice, is very perverse under such a stupid and unethical imperial decree …….
After the eunuch read out the holy decree, Zhu Pingan was under the watchful eye of the jinyiwei, forced to urge the horse to go south to the office.
He didn’t even have time to pack his luggage.
After Zhu Pingan left, Li Shu packed up the gifts and money with Painter and Qin’er, and prepared to chase after Zhu Pingan, but under the palpitations and tightly packed up the things, resulting in sweating, and then suffered from wind chill when the wind blew, and when she got on the carriage and walked out of the gate of Linhuai Marquis Mansion, Li Shu fainted.
This disease
Li Shu had to stay at the Marquis’ residence to recover.
Li Shu had to stay at the Marquis’ residence to recuperate.
The whole world turned black and white. Black leaves, black flowers, white sky, the whole world had no colour at all!
Li Shu was worried all the time, opening and closing her eyes, her heart was filled with thoughts of Zhu Pingan.
Brother Zhu, where has he gone now?
Did he bring enough money to spend?
The sky is so hot, is it sunny?
I heard that it is raining in the south, brother Zhu did not bring a straw raincoat, nor did he bring an oil paper umbrella, don’t get wet…….
Of course, Li Shu is most worried about Zhu Pingan’s safety, the imperial decree let brother Zhu supervise the grain and grass, it is very likely that he will face the Japanese invaders. The Japanese pirates are so ferocious, I heard that they are rampant, and they are not sure that they will rob the grain and provisions.
Although brother Zhu is a little fatter than others, a little more appetite, a little smarter, but also just a weak scholar ah, a little bit of self-defence kung fu has no, how can resist the ferocious and inhuman Japanese …..?
It’s scary to even think about it.
Finally
After several months of illness, Li Shu recovered.
After recovering, without a day’s delay, Li Shu took Painter, Qin’er and others, and travelled south by carriage.
She travelled south by carriage.
Li Shu heard about the atrocities of the Japanese invaders, and was even more worried about Zhu Pingan.
After arriving at the border of Susong, Li Shu heard the news of Zhu Pingan.
More than ten miles ahead, Zhu Pingan was supervising a group of grain and provisions to support the front battlefield.
Li Shu could not wait a moment.
Li Shu could not wait a moment.
However, despite the persuasion and opposition of the accompanying guards, she went directly to find Zhu Pingan.
Ten miles
Nine li
Eight Miles
……
One mile.
Li Shu then heard a shouting and killing sound, and then she saw a burst of fire and smoke rising up to the sky, Li Shu’s heart instantly lifted up.
Then
The fire and smoke became thicker and thicker, and the shouting and killing sounds became louder and louder.
Further ahead
Li Shu then saw a blaze of fire, messy and miserable broken limbs of the Ming army by the roadside, and blood dripping.
Then
Li Shu’s heart seemed to be clenched by a pair of black hands, and she couldn’t breathe.
Further ahead
Zhu Pingan then saw a familiar figure of a pilgrimage standing in front of him.
Although he was wearing battle armour
However, Li Shu still recognised it at once, but why was the back of the battle armour revealing the end of a long spear so long.
“Brother Zhu ……”
Li Shu tore her heart out and cried out, ignoring the running carriage, she jumped down from the carriage at once.
Running towards the front.
Her clothes were fluttering and her sash was fluttering.
It was just like a fairy riding the waves.
The man in front heard Li Shu’s cry and turned around, it was none other than Zhu Pingan, with a slim figure and blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.
A long spear
pierced through his chest, revealing half a metre of length, blood flowing like water down the tip of the spear.
“Why did you come ……”Zhu Pingan’s voice was hoarse, a sentence as if it was about to burn his life.
“Brother Zhu, I came ……”
Li Shu’s tears fell like rain, but her pretty face was smiling like a flower, welcoming Zhu Pingan with open hands, flying over.
Her skirt fluttered
Like a dream
When Zhu Pingan was still one metre away, Li Shu giggled, used all her strength, jumped violently, her feet left the ground, and like a wombat, she flung herself into Zhu Pingan’s arms, her hands tightly embraced Zhu Pingan, and hung on to Zhu Pingan’s body.
“Brother Zhu, I’m coming.”
Li Shu’s pair of watery eyes looked at Zhu Pingan, trembling, she reached out her hands to stroke Zhu Pingan’s dry coughing lips, her pretty face was overflowing with happiness and contentment, the blood at the corner of her mouth mixed with and tears, gurgling down.
Half of the lance penetrated from Li Shu’s back ……
“Miss, Miss ……”
Behind her came the heart-rending voices of Painter and Qin’er.
“Miss.”
“Miss wake up, get up ……”
Er
Wait a minute.
Getting up?
These two girls are afraid that the sad brain is stupid right, crying just cry, Miss wake up get up what the hell?
Li Shu ……
“Miss, wake up, wake up. Today is not still going to swim in the lake, you said last night to call you earlier this morning.”
The voice behind her became clearer.
Then
Li Shu felt someone shaking her arm.
What are you doing?
Can’t you see that brother Zhu and I are like this, the last bit of time, do you still want to disturb?
Li Shu impatiently opened her eyes.
Then she saw the little bun maids, Painter and Qin’er, standing in front of the bed, carefully looking at her, and one of Painter’s hands was gently shaking her arm.
Bed?
Ah?
Li Shu woke up at once.
Could it be that just now was a dream?！！！！！！！！！
Li Shu sat up all of a sudden and reached out to pinch the bun’s little maid’s arm.
“Miss, it hurts ……”
The bun little maid looked at Li Shu pitifully.
Ouch.
Then it was really a dream.
Looking at Zhu Pingan who was still snoring beside her, Li Shu’s happy eyes squinted like a crescent moon.
