"Gu Yunzhi, why should I annoy you?" There was a trace of doubt in the girl's eyes.

"I let you go alone yesterday and didn't go back to Songsi Courtyard." Gu Changjin said in a low voice, "Are you annoyed with me?"

After hearing what he said, the girl seemed to have remembered something.

Yesterday in the study, she was drawing and he was writing a report. I don't know when, he suddenly stopped and leaned against the window with a teacup in hand to look at her.

A rare smile adorned his eyebrows.

The moment the two of them looked at each other, her heart was beating very fast, like a rabbit that was jumping around.

At that moment, she couldn't help but wonder, did he like her a little bit?

But when he was about to return to Songsiyuan, for some unknown reason, his brows suddenly turned cold again, and he followed Aunt An to Liu Miao Hall, as if everything in the study was a sentimental hallucination.

Annoyed?

"Of course I'm annoyed, Gu Yunzhi." Rong Shu pursed her lips and said slowly: "I thought, I thought -"

She said "thought" twice, but she said "you are in love with me" no matter what. Not exported.

"What do you think?" Gu Changjin's dark eyes stared at her for a moment, "Rong Zhaozhao, what do you think?"

The girl refused to say any more. She pursed her lips and only looked at him with her eyes open.

Without asking any questions, he took out the Yue'er pillow from her arms, grabbed her hand and put it to his cheek, saying: "Rong Zhaozhao, pinch."

After being stunned for a moment, the little girl suddenly pulled her hand away and stared. He rounded his eyes and said, "Why should I pinch you?"

"To relieve my anger." Gu Changjin grabbed her hand again, "From now on, if you annoy me, just pinch me to relieve my anger."

This time Rong Shu did not break away from his hand. , she actually pinched his face lightly and asked, "Don't you feel pain?"

"It doesn't hurt." The man curled his lips, "Remember, Gu Yunzhi in the dream won't feel pain, you're annoying him Then bully him."

As soon as he said this, he felt a burning pain in his cheek.

The little girl pinched him really hard. Not satisfied after pinching him for a while, she pinched him a few more times until there were red marks on his cheeks.

She stared at his pinched red face and asked curiously: "It really doesn't hurt?"

The man laughed and said "huh", wanting to say "it doesn't hurt", but before she said these two words, The scene in front of me suddenly changed again.

It's still the same room, still the same bed.

The curtain of pomegranate blossoms was lifted by the wind sneaking into the house, filling the room with sweet fragrance.

She said to him with red eyes and tears: "Do you know that a person's liking has a time limit? Gu Yunzhi, I will not like you, and one day, I will no longer like you."

Gu Changjin's throat Feeling bitter, he wanted to say "no", but when the words came out of his mouth, he just said bitterly: "Wait a little longer, Rong Zhaozhao, wait a little longer."

He held her in his arms and wanted to tell her, wait until he sits down Go to that position and wait until those who wanted to kill him are gone. At that time, he will like her openly, love her, and give her everything he has.

Wait, wait a little longer, okay?

Gu Changjin buried his head on her shoulder and exerted a little force on his arms, wanting to hold her like this for the rest of his life.

Only when the nephrite was warm and fragrant did he take it into his arms, and suddenly another voice broke in.

"Master, something happened! Something happened in the inner city!"

Something happened?

What happened?

Gu Changjin hugged the girl in his arms tightly. He still had nothing to say and he couldn't wake up yet.

"Master, Miss Rong is in the city!"

In the tent, Chang Ji almost burst into tears.

When he got the news, Zhuiyun had already led people to the inner city, and asked him to wake up his master before leaving.

Chang Ji was worried about Gu Changjin's injury, so he was hesitant.

Upon seeing this, Zhuiyun lost his usual careless look and said to him: "Don't you know how much my master values ​​Miss Zhongrong? Go and wake up your master!"

Chang Ji then hurriedly entered the camp.

The man lying limply seemed to be in a coma. No matter how Changji screamed, he never opened his eyes.

Chang Ji gritted his teeth and was about to leave.

But at this moment, a hand came over and clasped his wrist tightly.

Gu Changjin opened his eyes in excitement and asked hoarsely: "What happened in the inner city?"

Chang Ji's eyebrows were happy and he said hurriedly: "A group of Dayin people disguised as pirates quietly went to the inner city. Those people Bring gunpowder and firearms!"

As soon as he said this, Gu Changjin's already pale face turned a little whiter.

He stood up and hurried out, not even bothering to put on soft armor.

"Please come here, Madam Feng, and come with me into the city!"

At this time, the inner city was still peaceful.

Rong Shu has been traveling back and forth to several places these days.

Many people who had no time to hide in the inner city on Zhongyuan Night have all come back one after another in the past few days.

These injured people are usually sent to the City God's Temple first. After the wounds are simply treated, if the injuries are not serious, they are sent home. If the injuries are serious, they are sent to a specialized medical center for treatment.

Rong Shu was leading a group of people to transport a newly arrived batch of medicine to the City God's Temple. When he was approaching the city gate, he heard the sound of gongs and drums.

Lu Shiyi was patrolling with the government officials to prevent pirates from sneaking ashore and causing trouble in the city.

The weapons brought by the pirates from Sifang Island this time were extremely sophisticated, almost like a blunderbuss in each hand, which could kill people from a long distance.

Like Lu Shiyi and other government officials arresting heads, they still carry swords and barely have any power.

But most ordinary people are ordinary people who have very little power. The only thing they can bring to their side is a kitchen knife. If there were really pirates coming into the inner city, how could our mortal body withstand those fire cannons?

Therefore, patrolling along the city wall is indispensable.

In the previous life, due to delays in setting up defenses, thousands of pirates came ashore, killing everyone they saw and looting things they saw. Countless people lost their lives.

Afterwards, Gu Changjin led two thousand soldiers and joined forces with countless Yangzhou people to kill the enemy before driving the pirates out of the inner city.

Therefore, on the night of the Ghost Festival, Rong Shu had already told Qixin and the others that the guard at the city gate would not be relaxed for a moment.

Lu Shiyi was also very busy because of this.

He was accustomed to speaking of loyalty to others, whether he was a cadre in the government office, a martial artist in Ciying Lane, or even a gangster in a corner, all were willing to listen to him.

These people are currently the main force patrolling the city.

Rong Shu had not seen Lu Shiyi for two or three days. When he heard the familiar sound of gongs, he hurriedly picked up his skirt and walked over, shouting: "Uncle Shiyi."

Lu Shiyi was so busy during this period that his beard He didn't have time to shave, and his face was full of stubble. When he saw Rong Shu coming, he hurriedly handed the gong to the yamen on the side and said, "Take the brothers to drink some tea to moisten their throats."

The yamen hurriedly shouted, He led a group of people patrolling the city and left.

Parked behind Rong Shu were two wooden carts filled with wound medicine. The little girl opened the haystack covering one of the wooden carts, took out a cowhide water bag, and said with a smile: "Immortal Caotang boils it with chrysanthemums from Yuhang." "Refreshing soup, uncle Shiyi, drink it quickly."

Lu Shiyi was not polite to her and took a few sips of the water bag.

After drinking the cooling soup, he glanced behind Rong Shu and said, "Mother Zhang didn't come with you today?"

Rong Shu shook his head and said, "I asked Mother Zhang to follow the old servants like Butler Jiang back to the Shen family's ancestral house. "

On the night of the Ghost Festival, Rong Shu specially left Zhang's mother in Huafang, hoping that Aunt Guo and Uncle Shi Yi could ask questions.

That night, Zhang's mother was quite drunk. Before Lu Shiyi could ask questions, she was called away by Rong Shu who hurried back.

After that night, Zhang's mother didn't know whether it was because she was drunk and had a bad mood, or because she was not very happy, so she forced herself to accompany Rong Shu around for two days before she fell ill.

Rong Shu simply asked her to go back to her ancestral home with Butler Jiang.

Lu Shiyi nodded and said: "If you don't trust her, I will try her again after those pirates who killed thousands of swords are driven back to Sifang Island."

When asked about this matter while drinking wine, I could still say that it was the first time . Once you get excited, the second time you do it it will seem deliberate.

"I'll have to make plans for this in the future. Maybe I'm overthinking it." Rong Shu smiled and said, "Uncle Shiyi, please finish drinking the summer-relieving soup. The sun in Yangzhou is becoming more and more poisonous day by day, but don't get a heatstroke." ."

Just as she said this, the city gate not far away was suddenly banged.

"Some people are injured, open the door quickly!"

Rong Shu and Lu Shiyi looked at each other.

Lu Shiyi frowned, strode to the door, and shouted in a deep voice: "What's going on outside?"

"They are some fishermen who were kidnapped by pirates before. On the Ghost Festival, they went fishing early in the morning, and when they came back they were not there. " They accidentally ran into the pirates on Sifang Island," the man explained patiently through the door, "Later, General Liang shot down the ship they were on, so they found an opportunity to escape, and General Liang sent us to send them away. Come back to the inner city."

Lu Shiyi frowned even more. There were indeed people in Dayin who were kidnapped by pirates when they went to sea. When encountering these people in distress, Lu Shiyi would naturally save them without saying a word.

Just don't act rashly now.

The pirates on Sifang Island are as cunning as foxes. They like to wear the clothes of Dayin people or guardsmen and pretend to be Dayin people. They even speak with a Yangzhou accent.

In the past two days, they had moved all the people living in the outer city to the inner city. Now a group of fishermen would come unexpectedly. Who knows whether these people are real fishermen or fake fishermen.

While thinking about it, the man outside banged the door hard again.

"Someone here has been hit by the pirates. If we don't let in, they will die!"

Lu Shiyi's head was as big as a bucket. The fishermen depended on the sea for their meals and all lived in the outer city. He just wanted them to report their names. No confirmation is possible.

Rong Shu knew what he was worried about. After pondering for a moment, he took out the sheepskin water bags from the wooden wheel cart, pulled out the cork, and poured some medicinal powder into it.

Lu Shiyi took a closer look and saw that the medicinal powder was Caowu powder, which was specially used to relieve the pain of seriously injured patients and help them sleep peacefully.

Caowu powder is easily soluble in water. Rong Shu put the soft plug back in and shook it well one by one.

Lu Shiyi knew what she meant at the first sight.

For a moment I thought this idea was brilliant.

Since the man outside said that some of them were injured by fire guns, this Caowu Powder can naturally relieve their pain a little. Control the dosage, and it will not make them comatose. At most, they will lose their strength.

If the fishermen outside are really pretending to be pirates, they will definitely be exposed as soon as they lose their strength.

Lu Shiyi rolled his eyes and said loudly: "I won't open the door to let you in. I'm a small arrester at the Yamen. You can't open the door until you get the command to go up to the peak. I'm going to ask for permission to go up to the peak now."

He said with striding steps . He climbed onto the city wall and said sincerely: "I hope you guys can stay calm for a while. It's hot today. This is the cooling soup prepared by Xiancao Hall for the patrols. Please drink some first, and I'll be back soon.

" After throwing the bag down, Lu Shiyi "climbed" down the city wall.

When the sun was scorching, the hundreds of "fishermen" outside stared at the water bags on the ground and licked their chapped lips.

One of them glanced sideways at the old fisherman who had just knocked on the door and said, "Go and have a drink."

The old fisherman was a real fisherman. After being kidnapped a few days ago, he was locked in the cabin by these pirates. In order to enter the city, he and several other fishermen were captured.

In order to survive, they had to cooperate.

The old fisherman anxiously picked up a water bag and took a few sips. After waiting for a while, everyone lowered their guard when they saw that he was safe and sound. Lu Shiyi was afraid that they would be impatient and cause trouble, so he gave them some drinks to let them vent their anger.

The dozen or so water bladders were empty within a short time.

In about two-quarters of an hour, several "dong" and "dong" sounds were heard. One by one, the pirates who had drunk the most softened their legs and sat down on the ground, splashing a cloud of gray dust.

Several people looked at each other, and soon someone reacted: "The water was drugged!"

This person just thought that their identities were exposed, his face darkened, and he loudly said in Diloese: "Come out and blow up this city gate. Come on!"

Following his command, thousands of pirates hiding in the surroundings emerged one after another.

Across a city gate, Lu Shiyi could clearly hear what was said outside. His expression changed and he said: "Go and prepare the gate-blocking knife cart, and knock the gongs for me! Let's go up to the city wall. Kill the enemy!"

When Rong Shu gave the order to Shiyi on the road, he picked up his skirt and ran to the Chenghuang Temple.

Hearing the rumbling gongs and the dense footsteps outside, the people were worried, but everyone knew that this was not the time to panic, so they followed the instructions in an orderly manner, hiding where they should, and exerting force where they should.

The tung oil packets that Luo Yan taught everyone how to make when he was idle earlier will come in handy now.

Throw the tung oil bag out from the city wall and shoot it through with an arrow. The tung oil will fall on the pirates outside like rain. Then throw the torch and burn each one accurately.

The men stood guard behind the sword body with their swords, and the girls put the tung oil bag on the seesaw and pressed it hard, and then the tung oil bag jumped into the air. Soon, arrows shot through the air.

The soldiers on the city wall threw torches, fired cannons, and painful curses and curses came from outside the city.

Rong Shu listened to the movement outside, and her heart in her throat finally fell to the ground. Although there were not many people defending the city, the number of enemies attacking the city was far fewer than she thought. They would definitely be able to defend it.

At this moment, there was a sudden loud bang outside the city. It was the city gate being blown up.

"All the tung oil packets have been used up." Luo Yan threw down the bow in his hand and pulled Rong Shu to run to a wine shop. "Follow me. Let's hide first."

They had taken stock of the places where people could hide around here. There is a wine shop whose underground wine cellar is still empty.

The girls were still brave when they stepped on the wheel and threw the tung oil packets.

Hearing the loud noise, he suddenly became a little afraid. He picked up his skirt and followed Rong Shu and the others, running faster than a rabbit.

At this time, hundreds of fast horses were galloping towards the south, their hooves shaking the sky and making a sound like muffled thunder.

Gu Changjin caught up with Zhui Yun halfway, and the group hurriedly rushed, fearing that something would happen to the people in the city if they were late.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the horse's hooves stopped, everyone discovered that the group of pirates had not entered the city at all, and were blocked outside the city gate one by one in disgrace.

Hundreds of burnt corpses lay on the ground. Although a corner of the city gate was blown out, the knife carts inside were holding on to it, guarding the breached hole.

Gu Changjin's heart, which had been hanging all the way, finally fell back to his stomach. With a cold look on his face, he sternly said: "Kill!"

But on Rong Shu's side, a dozen girls hid side by side in the wine cellar. Dare to take a breath.

It was so dark in the wine cellar that my eyes were completely black and I couldn't see anything clearly.

Luo Yan had a good ear, so he stood near the entrance of the wine cellar and listened to the sounds outside.

The breathing in the wine cellar became deeper and deeper.

I don't know how long he waited, but Luo Yan suddenly looked solemn and said in a low voice: "Someone is coming."

Rong Shu immediately held the dagger in his hand.

There are several wine cellars in this wine shop, and the place where they hide is the most secret and least easy to detect. Most of the people who can find this place are our own people.

Rong Shu squeezed the dagger in his hand and secretly prayed that the person coming was Uncle Shi Yi.

The next moment, the wooden door of the wine cellar squeaked, and a cold voice came in from the outside.

"Rong Shu?"

The voice was familiar, but it wasn't Uncle Shiyi's.

Rong Shu was startled, and the dagger in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.

Before she could respond, the man probably saw Luo Yan, relaxed his tense jaw slightly, and strode in.

The dim light outlined the tall figure of the man. Rong Shu watched him walking towards her and was about to call out "Master Gu".

However, as soon as the words "Mr. Gu" reached the tip of her tongue, her waist suddenly tightened, and she had already fallen into a hug.